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Armillary Sphere

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Armillary Sphere

Comments (4)

Eternal_Blue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (3 votes)
Is this a subtle Easter egg letting us know what the next set is going to be about? It appears that purple mana may replace black mana. I know I was a little iffy about the enchantment creatures in Theros but I honestly don't see how they can replace an entire color without alienating a large chunk of their audience.
DarthParallax
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0) (3 votes)
No Eternal Blue, this is a card from Shards of Alara block, one of the very first sets I played with. It's quite weird to say that there have been....gosh, 12? 15? sets since then, not even counting Duel Decks. o.O But this is not a preview.

Also, if you look at cards in M13 and M14, like Disciple of Bolas and ahh, forget it's name, but I think it started with Hex? Color Palettes are a neat topic of study-- you will often notice gray being used for blue, and purple being used for black. Purple is the color of so-called 'black light', and anything in Black that is supposed to glow with magic 'aura' (see Jace Beleren for a magic hand aura and Liliana Vess for Black's version) will probably use purple!
NARFNra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Well, this has been basically an EDH staple for years now. It's nice, it's pretty cheap, and it pretty much never draws hate. Good enough for me.
MechaKraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very good mana ramp for decks that ordinarily wouldn't have it, such as Mono-Red burn or Blue/Black control. Expedition Map and Burnished Hart are similar artifacts that are also worth looking into for the same reason.