Topan Ascetic
Shards of Alara 151 • uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 151
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Sal Villagran
- Market price
- $0.08
What it does
Tap an untapped creature you control: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Monks from Topa wander all of Bant, encouraging the Unbeholden to find their place in society through honorable combat.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Topan Ascetic was released in 2008 as part of the Shards of Alara expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It represents the Bant shard, one of five distinct planes that had been separated for millennia before merging. The card was designed to highlight the flavor of the Bant culture, which values order, discipline, and communal protection, embodied here by a monk capable of becoming more resilient through coordinated effort.
The artwork was created by illustrator Zoltan Boros, who aimed to capture the tranquil yet vigilant nature of the ascetic within the lush, ornate environment of Bant. The design received modest attention upon release as a functional common creature, valued primarily by players exploring the 'exalted' mechanic that defined the set's white-aligned factions, and it remains a representative example of the visual storytelling found in the Alara block.
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