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1d4chan>Piroko: /* Memory Jar */

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Memory Jar

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	[[File:Memory_jar.jpeg]]		[[File:Memory_jar.jpeg]]

	This card pretty much gives you a brand new hand for 5 mana. This was during a period in Magic's history with a disgusting amount of 1-turn-wonder combo fodder (not just from Urza's Saga but from Tempest block as well) and ways to rapid fire cards onto the table, plus enough cheap non-land mana sources that getting 5 colorless on your first turn wasn't hard at all. The result was that Memory Jar became the first and (so far) only card to be banned from Standard before it was ever legal. Wizards offered you replacement packs if you opened an Urza's Legacy booster with a Memory Jar, it was such an embarrassment at the time.		This card pretty much gives you a brand new hand for 5 mana. This was during a period in Magic's history with a disgusting amount of 1-turn-wonder combo fodder (not just from Urza's Saga but from Tempest block as well) and ways to rapid fire cards onto the table, plus enough cheap non-land mana sources that getting 5 colorless on your first turn wasn't hard at all. The result was that Memory Jar became the first and (so far) only card to be banned from Standard before it was ever legal. Wizards offered you replacement packs if you opened an Urza's Legacy booster with a Memory Jar, it was such an embarrassment at the time. It's a staple card in Commander, especially for green and red which tend to run out of steam as their hands dry up in a long game.

	===Morphling===		===Morphling===

1d4chan>Eldy: /* Notable Cards */

2019-08-30T13:52:56Z

Notable Cards

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	===Donate===		===Donate===

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	Seemingly innocuous, Donate is a sorcery that costs 2U and gives control of one of your permanents to your opponent. A spell that did nothing except give your opponent card advantage couldn’t possibly be broken, right? ''Right?''		Seemingly innocuous, Donate is a sorcery that costs 2U and gives control of one of your permanents to your opponent. A spell that did nothing except give your opponent card advantage couldn’t possibly be broken, right? ''Right?''

1d4chan>Eldy: /* Notable Cards */

2019-08-30T13:43:42Z

Notable Cards

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	===Memory Jar===		===Memory Jar===

			[[File:Memory_jar.jpeg]]

	This card pretty much gives you a brand new hand for 5 mana. This was during a period in Magic's history with a disgusting amount of 1-turn-wonder combo fodder (not just from Urza's Saga but from Tempest block as well) and ways to rapid fire cards onto the table, plus enough cheap non-land mana sources that getting 5 colorless on your first turn wasn't hard at all. The result was that Memory Jar became the first and (so far) only card to be banned from Standard before it was ever legal. Wizards offered you replacement packs if you opened an Urza's Legacy booster with a Memory Jar, it was such an embarrassment at the time.		This card pretty much gives you a brand new hand for 5 mana. This was during a period in Magic's history with a disgusting amount of 1-turn-wonder combo fodder (not just from Urza's Saga but from Tempest block as well) and ways to rapid fire cards onto the table, plus enough cheap non-land mana sources that getting 5 colorless on your first turn wasn't hard at all. The result was that Memory Jar became the first and (so far) only card to be banned from Standard before it was ever legal. Wizards offered you replacement packs if you opened an Urza's Legacy booster with a Memory Jar, it was such an embarrassment at the time.

1d4chan>Eldy: /* Fog Bank */

2019-08-30T13:33:27Z

Fog Bank

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	===Fog Bank===		===Fog Bank===

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	Notable not for its power but because of its hilarious art. Fog Bank: confusing dinosaurs since 1993.		Notable not for its power but because of its hilarious art. Fog Bank: confusing dinosaurs since 1993.

1d4chan>Eldy: /* Fog Bank */

2019-08-30T13:32:18Z

Fog Bank

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	===Fog Bank===		===Fog Bank===

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	Notable not for its power but because of its hilarious art. Fog Bank: confusing dinosaurs since 1993.		Notable not for its power but because of its hilarious art. Fog Bank: confusing dinosaurs since 1993.

2607:FEA8:54DF:F859:20C1:53DD:9292:8633 at 17:01, 24 August 2018

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	Unfortunately, Ice Age was still legal in Extended at the time, and contained Illusions of Grandeur, an enchantment that was built around cumulative upkeep - when you played it, you gained twenty life, and when you lost it because you couldn’t pay the upkeep anymore, you lost twenty life. By Donating Illusions of Grandeur, you could gain twenty life and then saddle your opponent with a ticking time bomb. The combo, known as Trix, is widely considered to have been one of the most powerful decks in Extended’s history.		Unfortunately, Ice Age was still legal in Extended at the time, and contained Illusions of Grandeur, an enchantment that was built around cumulative upkeep - when you played it, you gained twenty life, and when you lost it because you couldn’t pay the upkeep anymore, you lost twenty life. By Donating Illusions of Grandeur, you could gain twenty life and then saddle your opponent with a ticking time bomb. The combo, known as Trix, is widely considered to have been one of the most powerful decks in Extended’s history.

			===Fog Bank===
			Notable not for its power but because of its hilarious art. Fog Bank: confusing dinosaurs since 1993.

	===Memory Jar===		===Memory Jar===
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	===Morphling===		===Morphling===
	Morphling wasn’t broken, per se, but it was still arguably the most powerful creature ever printed at the time. Nicknamed “Superman”, it’s a 3/3 for 5 that can, for a price of one mana each, untap itself, give itself flying until end of turn, give itself shroud until end of turn, give itself +1/-1 until end of turn, or give itself -1/+1 until end of turn. The last two abilities were especially powerful under Sixth Edition rules, as Morphling could use its abilities while combat damage was on the stack, effectively making it a 5/6 flyer with shroud and vigilance for most purposes.		Morphling wasn’t broken, per se, but it was still arguably the most powerful creature ever printed at the time. Nicknamed “Superman”, it’s a 3/3 for 5 that can, for a price of one mana each, untap itself, give itself flying until end of turn, give itself shroud until end of turn, give itself +1/-1 until end of turn, or give itself -1/+1 until end of turn. The last two abilities were especially powerful under Sixth Edition rules, as Morphling could use its abilities while combat damage was on the stack, effectively making it a 5/6 flyer with shroud and vigilance for most purposes. Morphling is probably the most fondly remembered card from Urza's Block, and inspired a bunch of other cards, including the parody Greater Morphling from Unhinged, the creature enchantment Pemmin's Aura (an anagram of "I Am Superman", which gave the enchanted creature Morphling's abilities) from Scourge, and numerous other -lings with similar abilities.

	===Time Spiral===		===Time Spiral===
	The best/worst of the “free mechanic”, Time Spiral is a sorcery that allegedly costs six mana, but untaps six of your lands after you cast it. Its actual effect is similar to [[Timetwister]], hence the name. Needless to say, a card that duplicated the effect of one of the [[Power Nine]], for ''free'', was a wee bit broken.		The best/worst of the “free mechanic”, Time Spiral is a sorcery that allegedly costs six mana, but untaps six of your lands after you cast it. Its actual effect is similar to Timetwister, hence the name. Needless to say, a card that duplicated the effect of one of the [[Power Nine]], for ''free'', was a wee bit broken. The card was so infamous that [[Time Spiral\|an entire block was eventually named after it]].

	===Tinker===		===Tinker===
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	===Yawgmoth’s Will===		===Yawgmoth’s Will===
	Yawgmoth’s Will is a black sorcery that costs three mana and lets you play cards in your graveyard for the rest of the turn. Dark Ritual was reprinted in Urza’s Block. ~~You do the math~~.		Yawgmoth’s Will is a black sorcery that costs three mana and lets you play cards in your graveyard for the rest of the turn. Dark Ritual was reprinted in Urza’s Block. In theory, with a swamp, four Dark Rituals, and a Yawgmoth's Will, you could generate thirteen mana on turn one. In practice, of course, you wouldn't get that high, but it still enabled some truly spectacular degenerate combos.

	~~===Fog Bank===~~
	~~Notable not for its power~~ but ~~because of its hilarious art. Fog Bank: confusing dinosaurs since 1993~~.

	== Free Mechanic ==		== Free Mechanic ==

2607:FEA8:54DF:F859:D849:7AFB:FFAF:942D at 16:42, 24 August 2018

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	===Memory Jar===		===Memory Jar===
	This card pretty much gives you a brand new hand for 5 mana. This was during a period in Magic's history with a disgusting amount of 1-turn-wonder combo fodder (not just from Urza's Saga but from Tempest block as well) and ways to rapid fire cards onto the table, plus enough cheap non-land mana sources that getting 5 colorless on your first turn wasn't hard at all. The result was that Memory Jar became the first and (so far) only card to be banned from Standard before it was ever legal. Wizards offered you replacement packs if you opened an Urza's Legacy booster with a Memory Jar, it was such an embarrassment at the time.		This card pretty much gives you a brand new hand for 5 mana. This was during a period in Magic's history with a disgusting amount of 1-turn-wonder combo fodder (not just from Urza's Saga but from Tempest block as well) and ways to rapid fire cards onto the table, plus enough cheap non-land mana sources that getting 5 colorless on your first turn wasn't hard at all. The result was that Memory Jar became the first and (so far) only card to be banned from Standard before it was ever legal. Wizards offered you replacement packs if you opened an Urza's Legacy booster with a Memory Jar, it was such an embarrassment at the time.

			===Morphling===
			Morphling wasn’t broken, per se, but it was still arguably the most powerful creature ever printed at the time. Nicknamed “Superman”, it’s a 3/3 for 5 that can, for a price of one mana each, untap itself, give itself flying until end of turn, give itself shroud until end of turn, give itself +1/-1 until end of turn, or give itself -1/+1 until end of turn. The last two abilities were especially powerful under Sixth Edition rules, as Morphling could use its abilities while combat damage was on the stack, effectively making it a 5/6 flyer with shroud and vigilance for most purposes.

	===Time Spiral===		===Time Spiral===

2607:FEA8:54DF:F859:D849:7AFB:FFAF:942D at 16:30, 24 August 2018

2018-08-24T16:30:33Z

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	===Memory Jar===		===Memory Jar===
	This card pretty much gives you a brand new hand for 5 mana. This was during a period in Magic's history with a disgusting amount of 1-turn-wonder combo fodder (not just from Urza's Saga but from Tempest block as well) and ways to rapid fire cards onto the table, plus enough cheap non-land mana sources that getting 5 colorless on your first turn wasn't hard at all. The result was that Memory Jar became the first and (so far) only card to be banned from Standard before it was ever legal. Wizards offered you replacement packs if you opened an Urza's Legacy booster with a Memory Jar, it was such an embarrassment at the time.		This card pretty much gives you a brand new hand for 5 mana. This was during a period in Magic's history with a disgusting amount of 1-turn-wonder combo fodder (not just from Urza's Saga but from Tempest block as well) and ways to rapid fire cards onto the table, plus enough cheap non-land mana sources that getting 5 colorless on your first turn wasn't hard at all. The result was that Memory Jar became the first and (so far) only card to be banned from Standard before it was ever legal. Wizards offered you replacement packs if you opened an Urza's Legacy booster with a Memory Jar, it was such an embarrassment at the time.

			===Time Spiral===
			The best/worst of the “free mechanic”, Time Spiral is a sorcery that allegedly costs six mana, but untaps six of your lands after you cast it. Its actual effect is similar to [[Timetwister]], hence the name. Needless to say, a card that duplicated the effect of one of the [[Power Nine]], for ''free'', was a wee bit broken.

	===Tinker===		===Tinker===