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==Parodies of the Power Nine== Not only has the fame of the Power Nine been alluded to years after their release, but it has been lampooned in ways that hyperbolize their utility. The ''[[Unglued]]'' parody set contained <c>Blacker Lotus</c>, a card with art that depicts the original <c>Black Lotus</c> being overshadowed in prominence by a much larger, more powerful lotus. For the same casting cost of {{0}} as Black Lotus, Blacker Lotus can enter the battlefield and produce 4 mana of any one color as opposed to 3 in the case of its predecessor. However, the improved utility comes with a much greater price, as instead of merely sacrificing Blacker Lotus to harness its activated ability as is the case with Black Lotus, Blacker Lotus' activated ability requires its controller to literally "Tear Blacker Lotus into pieces." ''Unglued'' also contained <c>Jack-in-the-Mox</c>, a card that costs {{0}} like the original five moxes and which depicts in its artwork a Jack-in-the-box whose crown is ornamented with the original five moxes. Based on the outcome of a six-sided dice roll as per its activated ability, six different results of using the card's activated ability are possible, with rolling a "1" causing the card to be sacrificed and its controller to lose 5 life, and the other results causing additions of one colored mana of one color of Jack-in-the-Mox's controller, with a "2" resulting in the addition of {{W}}, "3" adding {{U}}, "4" adding {{B}}, "5" adding {{R}}, and "6" adding {{G}}. The ''[[Unhinged]]'' parody set that followed ''Unglued'' contained <c>Mox Lotus</c>, a card that was a combined parody of the power of the various lotus and mox cards, especially Black Lotus and the five original moxes, as precious sources of mana that could enable their controller to gain significant [[card advantage]] and/or [[tempo]]. Like its legal mox predecessors, the artwork for Mox Lotus depicts the artifact as a piece of jewelry, and like its legal lotus predecessors, it is shaped in the form of a lotus. For the hefty converted mana cost of {{15}}, Mox Lotus is the first card to have been printed that, by itself, enables its controller to generate infinite mana of not just one color, but infinite mana of every color, as well as infinite colorless mana, in the same turn. Notably, as Mox Lotus was printed in 2004, the card says "You do not lose life due to mana burn," which is a point of historical interest as the card was printed before [[mana burn]] was eliminated as a functioning game concept and made obsolete.
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