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Essence of Antiquity

Murders at Karlov Manor β€’ #15 β€’ uncommon
Artifact Creature β€” Golem |
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Essence of Antiquity

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Live Value $0.29
Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)
Reprint Profile:
Never Reprinted MINIMAL

Never reprinted since its original release.

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Rarity
uncommon
Set Origin
Daily Shift
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EDHREC Rank
#11,132
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Artifact Creature β€” Golem
Color Identity White
Power / Toughness 1 / 10
πŸ–‹οΈ Curator's Notes
Disguise 2W (You may cast this card face down for 3 as a 2/2 creature with ward 2. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)

When this creature is turned face up, creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. Untap them.

"In a city as old as Ravnica, history takes on a life of its ownβ€”even when you least expect it."

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Official Judge Precedents

12 Precedents

You must ensure that your face-down spells and permanents can be easily differentiated from each other. You're not allowed to mix up the cards that represent them on the battlefield to confuse other players. The order in which they entered the battlefield should remain clear, as well as what ability caused them to be face down. (This includes disguise, cloak, and in games involving older cards, morph and manifest, as well as a few other effects that turn cards face down.) Common methods for doing this include using markers or dice, or simply placing them in order on the battlefield.

The face-down spell has no mana cost and a mana value of 0. When you cast a face-down spell, put it on the stack face down so no other player knows what it is, and pay {3} to cast it. This is an alternative cost.

The creature spell is a 2/2 creature spell with ward {2} that has no name, mana cost, or creature types. The resulting creature is a 2/2 creature with ward {2} that has no name, mana cost, or creature types. Both the spell and the resulting creature are colorless and have a mana value of 0. Other effects that apply to the spell or creature can still grant it any characteristics it doesn't have or change the characteristics it does have.

If a face-down spell leaves the stack and goes to any zone other than the battlefield (if it was countered, for example), you must reveal it. Similarly, if a face-down permanent leaves the battlefield, you must reveal it. You must also reveal all face-down spells and permanents you control if you leave the game or the game ends.

A permanent that turns face up or face down changes characteristics but is otherwise the same permanent. Spells and abilities that were targeting that permanent and Auras and Equipment that were attached to that permanent aren't affected unless the new characteristics of the object change the legality of those targets or attachments.

Turning a permanent face up or face down doesn't change whether that permanent is tapped or untapped.

If a face-down creature loses its abilities, it can't be turned face up with a disguise ability because it will no longer have a disguise ability (or a disguise cost) once face up.

A disguise ability lets you cast a card face down by paying {3} and announcing that you are using a disguise ability. Any time you have priority, you can turn a face-down permanent with disguise face up by paying its disguise cost.

Any time you have priority, you may turn the face-down creature face up by revealing what its disguise cost is and paying that cost. This is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to. Only a face-down permanent can be turned face up this way; a face-down spell cannot.

Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it's turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn't cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.

At any time, you can look at a face-down spell or permanent you control. You can't look at face-down permanents or spells you don't control unless an effect instructs or allows you to do so.

Because face-down creatures don't have a name, they can't have the same name as any other creature, even another face-down creature.

πŸ“œ Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2024-02-09
Artist Reference: Caio Monteiro
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard β€’ Traditional Foil
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl legal
explorer not_legal
penny not_legal
predh not_legal
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