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==The cards== The Power Nine are: *<c>Ancestral Recall</c> *<c>Black Lotus</c> *<c>Mox Emerald</c> *<c>Mox Jet</c> *<c>Mox Pearl</c> *<c>Mox Ruby</c> *<c>Mox Sapphire</c> *<c>Timetwister</c> *<c>Time Walk</c> ===Black Lotus=== The [[Black Lotus]] is the most valuable Magic card ever to be released in a regular set. Especially its ''[[Alpha]]'' and ''[[Beta]]'' versions are considered to be extremely valuable.<ref name=top10cards>{{WebRef |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111111233/http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2008/08/16/magic-the-gathering-part-five-top-ten-cards/|title=Magic: The Gathering β Part Five: Top Ten Cards|author=Collin David|publisher=Collectors' Quest|date=August 16, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111111233/http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2008/08/16/magic-the-gathering-part-five-top-ten-cards/|archivedate=November 11, 2014}}</ref> Former Pro player and Magic writer [[Zvi Mowshowitz]] has declared Black Lotus as the best artifact of all time, claiming every deck in the history of the game is better with a Black Lotus in it.<ref name="top50artifacts">{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/top-50-artifacts-all-time-2005-02-28|title=The Top 50 Artifacts of All Time|author=[[Zvi Mowshowitz]]|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|date=February 28, 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503142751/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/top-50-artifacts-all-time-2005-02-28|archivedate=October 27, 2021}}</ref> The illustration on Black Lotus was painted by [[Christopher Rush]], who was at the time a [[Wizards of the Coast]] employee. The Black Lotus illustration is a depiction of a black lotus flower over a foliage backdrop. ===The Moxen=== The [[cycle]] of five [[Mox]] cards β Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, Mox Jet, and Mox Emerald β are Artifacts, that are similar to the five Basic lands in that they add one mana of a specific color. In most situations, the Mox cards are better than lands because a player can play as many of these as they desire while a player can only play one land per turn.<ref name=top50artifacts /> All five Mox cards have been illustrated by [[Dan Frazier]]. In each artwork, a different piece of jewelry is depicted. ===Ancestral Recall=== [[Ancestral Recall]] allows the player to use one card to draw three more at an extremely low mana cost.<ref name=top50carddraw>{{WebRef|url=http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/140|title=The Top 50 Card Drawing Cards|author=[[Ben Bleiweiss]]|publisher=Magicthegathering.com|date= March 21, 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429084449/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/top-50-card-drawing-cards-2003-03-21-0|archivedate=July 4, 2022}}</ref> It originated as part of the "[[Boon (slang)|boon]]" [[cycle]], one of each color, which gave three of something (e.g. mana, life, damage) for the cost of one mana. Ancestral Recall remains the only one of these cards to not have been reprinted since ''Unlimited''. ===Timetwister=== While many [[Wheel effect|wheels]] exist in Magic for similar prices, Timetwister's power is in the context of the other Power Nine, and indeed other forms of fast mana: a player could play their land, cast three Moxen and a Sol Ring, then cast Timetwister on turn 1, resulting in their opponent getting a potentially unusable hand while the caster goes from one card in hand to seven, Later wheels are more expensive or have restrictions on the caster. ===Time Walk=== In Time Walk's early playtest version it had the text "Target player loses next turn." While the game designers intended that the opposing player would skip a turn, many new players saw the card and believed that the targeted player would lose the entire game (i.e.: "Target player loses [during their] next turn" instead of the intended "Target player loses [the ability to take their] next turn"). However, the wording was changed before the release of ''[[Alpha]]''.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-day-august-2003-2003-08-01|title=Card of the Day August 2003: Time Walk|author=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|publisher=magicthegathering.com|date=August 12, 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429084500/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-day-august-2003-2003-08-01|archivedate=April 29, 2021}}</ref> Even with the altered wording, Time Walk remains the cheapest way to get an extra turn in the game. [[File:Power Nine.png|thumb|right|400px|The "Power Nine" in a modern frame]]
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