Smothering Tithe
Ravnica Allegiance 22 • rare
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Collector number
- 22
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Mark Behm
- Market price
- $48.47
What it does
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay 2 generic mana. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "tap, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
"I await your donation."— Dasha, Orzhov priest
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Smothering Tithe was released in the 2019 Magic: The Gathering expansion Ravnica Allegiance. Designed as a powerful white enchantment, the card centers on the Orzhov Syndicate, a guild within the Ravnica setting characterized by its focus on wealth, bureaucracy, and organized religion. The card was created to provide white decks with a reliable source of mana ramp and card draw, mechanics that were historically rare for the color, effectively addressing a long-standing critique regarding white's competitive viability in the Commander format.
The artwork for Smothering Tithe was commissioned from artist Mark Behm, who sought to capture the oppressive and transactional nature of the Orzhov Syndicate. His illustration depicts a golden, ghostly figure exacting its dues, mirroring the card's function of taxing opponents for drawing extra cards. Upon release, the card quickly became a staple in the Commander format, recognized for its high impact and strategic necessity, which has solidified its status as one of the most significant and widely played cards from the Ravnica Allegiance set.
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