The flavor text fits this card perfectly. It would seem that Wizards is getting better with its assignment of flavor text as of late:
Lightning Bolt form M10
Sol Ring and this from Relics
Just to name the ones off the top of my head. If they bring something back from the olden days of Lore, then it gets rather amazing flavor added to it.
greg:
Alas, you are correct. But it's still a great line.
Posted By:
Lateralis0ne
(8/27/2010 9:28:08 AM)
I think the idea behind the art is that each individual tower is carved from a single colossal tusk.
But it looks like they're all being sucked into a black hole just outside the frame.
Posted By:
sonorhC
(10/21/2011 6:53:31 PM)
Great card for reliable lifegain early on.
But if you can get to midgame, I'd use Venser's Journal.
Or hell, even both.
I guess the best part about this card is how it hits the field early enough for you to still have the cards in your hand to power it.
Posted By:
NoobOfLore
(12/5/2010 4:47:09 PM)
The flavour text is nice, cause knowledge IS power. Nice hidden twist.
Posted By:
Sironos
(12/6/2010 3:23:50 PM)
Ad Nauseam + Platinum Emperion. Optionally throw in some Spellbook or another "no maximum hand size" card.
Posted By:
Schlapatzjenc
(3/23/2012 9:19:34 AM)
Why do people keep talking about the flavor text? It didn't change. It's been the same in every single printing right back to Revised.
Posted By:
Aquillion
(3/1/2013 11:12:13 AM)
Leaning Ivory Tower of Piza. Nice.
"If they bring something back from the olden days of Lore, then it gets rather amazing flavor added to it."
Also: check out cards from the Ravnica block. Somewhere in there, Wizards hired the most talented flavor text writer ever to see existence in human society. This person seems to get random jobs here and there thereafter, but something like 40% or more of Ravnica cards have flavor text that makes you want to play the card no matter how mechanically unplayable it is.
It's fantastic. Ravnica's the only set for which I set out to collect a complete set from scratch, just because each card added to the collection was a treasure in its own way -- usually because of wonderful flavor text, even when the art was so-so :)
Posted By:
Salient
(8/26/2011 7:18:48 PM)
Best friends with Necropotence.
Posted By:
LarsBM
(10/2/2010 3:12:31 PM)
So simple and perfect.
While the new art is good, this is one card where I prefer the original art work. It might just be me personally, but when I saw this card years ago I was first and most immediately impacted by the art. It was in the back of my head for years, and just the other day I decided I'd look into it again, and it turns out it was a darn good card even beyond that lovely scene.
I'm happy to see it reprinted, and given a special place with some of Magic's more prominent stars. Though, I'll always remember it for that wonderful depiction of a sunset beyond three mysterious towers.
Posted By:
linksdeity
(8/25/2010 1:38:27 PM)
@LateralisOne
the flavor text on this one is old. lol.
but I did like M10 LB flavortext.
Posted By:
greg2367
(8/22/2010 6:27:55 PM)