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Ivory Tower

Magic: The GatheringThe Brothers' War Retro Artifacts#86z

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Mana cost

The Brothers' War Retro ArtifactsBRR · #86z

Card type: Artifact
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: ★ 203.55 € · ★ 351.12 $
Mana value: 1
Colour: Colourless

Card text

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
CompetitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PennyLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
TimelessLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.

Printing information

Illustrator: Irina Nordsol
Card language: English
Release date: 2022-11-18

Flavour text

"Ringed by white stone, Terisia was a city of scholarship and knowledge, where magic promised a brighter future to a world devoured by artifice." —*The Antiquities War*

Rulings

2004-10-04

If you have four or fewer cards in your hand when Ivory Tower's ability resolves, the ability has no effect.