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==Variants of power cards== The fame of the cards has been alluded to in subsequent printings of ''Magic: the Gathering''. ===Black Lotus=== The first attempt to design a fixed Black Lotus was <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c> from the ''[[Mirage]]'' edition. Lion's Eye Diamond was designed to be unplayable due to requiring the player to discard their hand but still ended up being very powerful.<ref name=top50artifacts /> The card was eventually restricted in Vintage play. <c>Lotus Vale</c>, from ''[[Weatherlight]]'', was a land that permitted repeated use of the Black Lotus's ability, but required that two lands be sacrificed when played. The ''[[Tempest]]'' card called <c>Lotus Petal</c> is identical to Black Lotus except that it only produces one mana instead of three, and also ended up restricted in Vintage. ''[[Urza's Saga]]'' saw the release of <c>Lotus Blossom</c>, which costs {{2}} and enables its controller to put a petal counter (possibly about Lotus Petal) on it at the beginning of their upkeep, then tap and sacrifice it to add an amount of mana of any one color equal to the number of petal counters that were on the card. From ''[[Mirrodin]]'', <c>Gilded Lotus</c> imitates Black Lotus's ability by producing the same amount of mana without being sacrificed, but at the much higher cost of {{5}} to play. <c>Lotus Bloom</c>, printed in the expansion set ''[[Time Spiral]]'', has Black Lotus's ability but incorporates a three-turn delay. ''[[Core Set 2020]]'' introduced <c>Lotus Field</c>, a land similar to Lotus Vale in that it also requires sacrificing two lands when played, but as an "[[enters the battlefield]]" [[triggered ability]] rather than a [[replacement effect]], and therefore could be circumvented with an ability counterspell such as <c>Stifle</c>or <c>Repudiate</c>. Lotus Field enters the battlefield tapped, and uniquely for lands, has [[hexproof]]. Also of note are creatures with "lotus" in their name that can "add one mana of any color." <c>Lotus Guardian</c>, a 4/4 artifact creature with flying from the ''[[Invasion]]'' expansion that costs {{7}}, has the activated ability "{{T}}: Add one mana of any color." <c>Lotus Cobra</c>, a 2/1 green creature from the ''[[Zendikar]]'' expansion that costs {{1}}{{G}} (and the first colored card with "Lotus" in its name), utilizes a [[landfall]] [[ability]] to produce mana, has the triggered ability "''Landfall'' - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may add one mana of any color." ===Moxes=== ''[[Mirrodin]]'' features a <c>Chrome Mox</c> while ''[[Stronghold]]'' is the home of <c>Mox Diamond</c>, both of which ended up being fairly powerful but still balanced.<ref name=top50artifacts /> <c>Mox Opal</c> from the ''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]'' expansion enables its controller to add one mana of any color via the [[Metalcraft]] keyword ability. ''[[Mirage]]'' had five Mox-like cards called "Diamonds", one for each color. Diamonds were identical to Moxes, except that they cost {{2}} to play, and they enter the battlefield tapped. <c>Mox Amber</c> appeared in ''[[Dominaria]]''; it can tap for one mana of any color of a legendary creature or planeswalker you control. ''[[Modern Horizons]]'' gave us <c>Mox Tantalite</c>, an artifact with "{{T}}: Add one mana of any color." and no mana cost, instead having a [[suspend|suspend 3]] ability with a cost of {{0}}. ===Ancestral Recall=== In ''[[Ice Age]]'' appeared <c>Brainstorm</c>. Though the caster of Brainstorm has to put two cards back on top of their library after drawing three, Brainstorm is still considered a powerful card, and has been restricted in vintage. [[Time Spiral]] gave us {{Card|Ancestral Vision|}}; a Recall with a four-turn delay, similar to that used to balance Lotus Bloom. In [[Magic 2012]], <c>Visions of Beyond</c> functions as a cantrip, but can act as an Ancestral Recall if any player's ''[[graveyard]]'' has 20 or more cards in it. In [[Worldwake]], a [[planeswalker]] named <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c> was printed. His [0] ability is a Brainstorm for free. The ''[[Alliances]]'' card <c>Library of Lat-Nam</c> allows the caster's opponent to choose between the caster drawing three cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep (a la Ancestral Recall), or the caster searching their library for one card, and putting that card into their hand (a la <c>Demonic Tutor</c>). In ''[[Khans of Tarkir]]'', the card <c>Treasure Cruise</c> gives three cards at a much higher mana cost, but can be reduced to Ancestral Recall's cost using [[Delve]]; this led to it rapidly being banned in Modern. ===Time Walk=== Time Walk has several descendants. <c>Final Fortune</c> from ''[[Mirage]]'' is a red Time Walk costing {{R}}{{R}}, but with the additional price of losing the game at the end of the extra turn. [[Guilds of Ravnica|Guilds of Ravnica's]] <c>Chance for Glory</c> is very similar to Fortune, costing {{1}}{{R}}{{W}} instead and additionally granting indestructible to your creatures. <c>Time Warp</c> from ''[[Tempest]]'' is identical to Time Walk, except the casting cost is {{3}}{{U}}{{U}} instead of {{1}}{{U}}. <c>Time Stretch</c> from ''[[Odyssey]]'' is essentially a double Time Warp, costing {{8}}{{U}}{{U}} and giving you two extra turns instead of one. <c>Beacon of Tomorrows</c> from ''[[Fifth Dawn]]'' gets the caster an extra turn with the additional benefit of getting shuffled back into the library, but costs {{6}}{{U}}{{U}}. Later, <c>Walk the Aeons</c> of the ''[[Time Spiral]]'' expansion was released. It allows a player to take an extra turn for the cost of {{4}}{{U}}{{U}}, but can be bought back by sacrificing three islands. Then there comes <c>Savor the Moment</c>; its casting cost of {{1}}{{U}}{{U}} is only one more than Time Walk, but you have to skip your next untap step, severely curtailing its usefulness. Next, <c>Temporal Mastery</c>, which costs {{5}}{{U}}{{U}}, but with the miracle ability to enable casting it with merely {{1}}{{U}} when the player draws it as the first card drawn in a turn. Rivals of Ixalan added <c>Timestream Navigator</c>, who only cost {{1}}{{U}}, but required {{2}}{{U}}{{U}}, the card being tappable, and the city's blessing to activate the extra turn. ''[[Core Set 2019]]'' added <c>Nexus of Fate</c>, an extra turn spell at the cost of {{5}}{{U}}{{U}} that is shuffled into its owner's library instead of being put into a graveyard, including as it resolves. The reprinting of Time Warp in ''[[Magic: The Gathering 2010 Core Set|Magic 2010]]'' caused many decks to be built around it and <c>Time Sieve</c>, an artifact that allows for a Time Walk effect by sacrificing 5 artifacts in play. In addition, <c>Nexus of Fate</c> caused a significant impact on Standard when paired with cards such as <c>Wilderness Reclamation</c>. ===Timetwister=== The ''[[Urza's Saga]]'' card <c>Time Spiral</c> untaps enough lands to pay for itself (although its converted mana cost of 6 keeps it unplayable in the early turns) and exiles itself from the game. <c>Diminishing Returns</c> has a similar effect to Timetwister for just one blue mana more but as an additional cost forces the caster to exile the top ten cards of their library. The ''[[Betrayers of Kamigawa]]'' card <c>Sway of the Stars</c> adds the effect of setting each player's life total to 7 but costs 10 mana. ''[[Mirrodin|Mirrodin's]]'' version, <c>Temporal Cascade</c> can duplicate Timetwister via the [[Entwine]] mechanic but costs 9 mana if used this way. In the 2011 core set, a fixed version of Timetwister appeared called <c>Time Reversal</c> which does the same thing, at 5 mana. Magic Origins also featured <c>Day's Undoing</c>, which is identical to Timetwister except that it ends the turn (allowing the caster's opponent to use the seven new cards first).
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