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Blackness Lotus
Characteristics
Origin	Dominaria
User	Jared Carthalion
Condition	Unknown

The Blackness Lotus is the unmarried most valuable normally printed carte in the game of Magic printed in a standard set. Due to its fast mana dispatch, it is also a fellow member of the Ability Nine, 9 notoriously powerful cards from the original Magic print runs.

Contents

• 1 Clarification
  • i.one Card interactions
  • i.2 Storyline
• 2 Trivia
• iii In-game references
• 4 Gallery
• 5 References

Description [ ]

Printed equally one of the Power Nine only in Alpha, Beta and Unlimited, this antiquity can provide a free mana boost for whatever deck. It is restricted in Vintage and banned in Legacy. Christopher Rush drew its original artwork.

On February 27th, 2019, a "Jewel Mint 9.5 grade" Beckett Grading Services graded Alpha Blackness Lotus was bought on eBay for a record $166,100^[1]. On January 27, 2021, a "Gem Mint ten grade" was sold for $511,100.^[2]

Menu interactions [ ]

The Alpha version of the Black Lotus is usually considered to be the well-nigh valuable not-promotional Magic menu e'er printed, aside from misprinted cards.^[3]

Originally, Magic did not limit the number of copies of a card you could play in a deck; this allowed start-plow wins with decks comprised of twenty Black Lotus, xx Channel, and 20 Fireball. The four-of maximum was rapidly added to the rules to avoid this, and Black Lotus and Aqueduct were later restricted or banned in their environments to make this even less likely.

Storyline [ ]

Blackness lotuses have appeared in numerous Magic storyline arcs. A blackness lotus, House Carthalion'southward near powerful relic, was discovered past a young Adam Carthalion and was kept in Firm Scarlet in Arathoxia. Jared Carthalion stole it later on the Mistress of Firm Scarlet let him in and showed information technology to him, and later on used it to summon a Shivan Dragon to kill Ravidel at Castle Melmereth.

Blackness lotuses were reportedly grown on Tolaria, in the Lotus Vale, though this is hard to substantiate as later information makes no mention of them.

The sorcerer Towser found few black lotuses in the area of Whispering Woods.

Trivia [ ]

• The smuggling of rare "black lotuses" was alluded to in the calculator game Baldur'due south Gate 2: Shadows of Amn.^[four]
• Black Lotus is likewise featured as a card in the Japanese TCG Duel Masters, which is likewise published by Wizards of the Coast.
• Garth 1-Eye can create a copy of Blackness Lotus.^[5]

In-game references [ ]

As one of the most famous cards of all time, the Blackness Lotus has inspired numerous, more balanced, cards with abilities that reference information technology in some way.^{[six] [7]}

Represented in:

• Black Lotus

Associated cards:

• Blacker Lotus (Silverish-bordered)
• Diamond Lion
• Gilded Lotus
• Jeweled Lotus
• Lion's Eye Diamond
• Lotus Flower
• Lotus Blossom
• Lotus Cobra
• Lotus Field
• Lotus Guardian
• Lotus Petal
• Lotus Vale
• Mox Lotus (Argent-bordered)
• Nyx Lotus

Depicted in:

• Cultivate (Secret Lair)
• Goblin Charbelcher (Eternal Masters)

Referred to:

• Crop Rotation (Urza'south Legacy)
• Onetime Fogey
• Garth Ane-Eye^[five]
• Sage of the In Heart

Gallery [ ]

• 

References [ ]

1. ↑ The Cost of a Blackness Lotus is $166,100
2. ↑ A Blackness Lotus just set the record for nearly expensive playing menu e'er sold on ebay. Reddit (January 27, 2021).
3. ↑ Virtually Expensive Magic: The Gathering Card. Most Expensive Journal (March 17, 2008). Archived from the original on February xi, 2010. Retrieved on December 6, 2009.
4. ↑ Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
5. ↑ ^{a b} Ethan Fleischer (May 25, 2021). "Garth One-Eye". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
6. ↑ Magic Arcana (August 31, 2006). "Portfolio of the Lotus". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
7. ↑ Blake Rasmussen (June 20, 2019). "Lotus's Legacy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

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