Ivory Tower
Fourth Edition 328 • rare
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Collector number
- 328
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Margaret Organ-Kean
- Market price
- $1.97
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.
Valuing scholarship above all else, the inhabitants of the Ivory Tower reward those who sacrifice power for knowledge.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ivory Tower was first introduced in the Antiquities expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 1994, designed by Skaff Elias and his team to reflect the artifact-heavy lore of the Urza saga. It was specifically engineered as a colorless artifact that could be played in any deck, providing life gain to players who maintained a large hand size. The card quickly became a fixture in competitive play, forcing designers to balance future mechanics against its ability to stabilize a player's life total in control-oriented strategies.
The Fourth Edition version, featuring the artwork by Quinton Hoover, represents a transition period for the game as it sought to standardize card aesthetics and broaden its distribution. Hoover’s illustration, which depicts a stylized, towering structure, reflects his signature ethereal and flowing artistic style that defined many early iconic cards. While the card's mechanical dominance has fluctuated with the changing rules of the game, this specific printing remains a nostalgic touchstone for collectors of the 1990s era of the game.
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