Tower of the Magistrate
Mystery Booster 2 242 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 242
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Thomas Gianni
- Market price
- $1.38
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
1 generic mana, tap: Target creature gains protection from artifacts until end of turn.
Like the city, weakest at its foundation.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tower of the Magistrate was originally printed in the 1999 expansion Mercadian Masques, a set defined by its high-fantasy art direction and emphasis on strategic interactions involving artifacts. Designed for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, the card functions as a utility land that grants protection from artifacts, reflecting the set's thematic preoccupation with the industrial and mercantile conflicts of the plane of Mercadia.
This specific printing appears in the 2024 Mystery Booster 2 set, which serves as a curated retrospective of Magic's extensive history. The card features its original illustration by Greg Staples, whose work during this era often leaned into gritty, textured realism. It remains a notable niche card in the game's broader ecosystem, frequently utilized in Commander formats to disrupt artifact-heavy strategies or protect creatures from equipment-based threats.
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