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Aliban's Tower

Multiverse ID: 2985

Aliban's Tower

Comments (7)

brunsbr103
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
shouldnt the second card art be of that black tower thingy?
longwinded
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
There seem to be a lot of Homelands cards missing art. So far I've seen this, Abbey Matron, Feast of the Unicorn,....

Actually, as I was typing it occurred to me to keep looking. There's also art missing for Ambush Party, Anaba Bodyguard, Anaba Shaman, , Aysen Bureaucrats,....

I know Homelands was underwhelming, but did they scan any alternative artwork?
VampireCat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
Flavor is a little weird for an instant. Aliban's Tower isn't like Castle - a permanent structure that adds to your defense. It's not a Wall. Somehow the Tower pops into existence, boosts your defender and vanishes again.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This was supposed to resemble the AD&D spell that instantly creates a fortification you hide in and cast spells from.
DrJack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Salient
That's what this was supposed to be? OK. Thanks for clearing that up, I always wondered what the card developers' intent was with this card.
Aquillion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So very very much strictly worse than Brute Force.
tavaritz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yes they did, but majority is only one picture. Cemetery Gate, Hungry Mist and Shrink at least have both cards pictured.

@Aquillion: Yes and 12 years older.