Ivory Tower
- Mana cost
- {1}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #86z (uncommon)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.
Ivory Tower has 19 printings, first in Summer Magic / Edgar (1994). EDHREC ranks it #5,730 among Commander cards. It appears most in Will, Scion of Peace decks (1,907 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Ivory Tower most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Will, Scion of Peace: 1,907 decks
- Kami of the Crescent Moon: 1,731 decks
- Vnwxt, Verbose Host: 1,648 decks
- The Archimandrite: 1,637 decks
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds: 1,383 decks
- Hope Estheim: 1,314 decks
- Sokrates, Athenian Teacher: 1,051 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel: 735 decks
Often played with Ivory Tower
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you have four or fewer cards in your hand when Ivory Tower's ability resolves, the ability has no effect.
Printings
- From the Vault: Relics #4
- Fourth Edition #328
- Summer Magic / Edgar #254
- Revised Edition #254
- Antiquities #53
- Vintage Masters #269
- Masters Edition #158
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #23
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #86
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #86z
- Oversized League Prizes #22
- Pro Tour Collector Set #pp328sb
- Pro Tour Collector Set #ml328
- Pro Tour Collector Set #ll328
- Pro Tour Collector Set #bl328
- Pro Tour Collector Set #shr328
- Pro Tour Collector Set #mj328
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #328
- Foreign Black Border #254