Brick counter
| Brick counter | |
|---|---|
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| Counter | |
| Use | Resource |
| Placed on | Artifacts |
| Introduced | Amonkhet |
| Last used | New Capenna Commander |
| Statistics | |
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5 counter creation cards  100% | |
| Scryfall search | |
| oracle:"Brick counter" | |
Brick counters are a type of counter introduced in Amonkhet. They are created by and placed on a cycle of artifacts known as monuments that were made to represent the constant monument-building that went on in ancient Egypt.[1][2] They act as a resource, granting the artifact a stronger ability after it builds up the counters via using its weaker ability. They were represented on punch cards in the Amonkhet block.
Description
Brick counters first appeared on a cycle of four artifacts in Amonkhet known as monuments. Each monument is an artifact with two tap abilities, one of which has a minor effect and adds brick counters, and the other is a more powerful version that requires having three brick counters to activate:
- Edifice of Authority can prevent a creature from attacking for a turn. The upgraded ability will prevent a creature from attacking, blocking, or using abilities for a turn. Both cost
- Luxa River Shrine gains one life for , while the upgraded ability gains two life for no mana.
- Oracle's Vault has the ability to exile the top card of the player's library for
, allowing them to play it during that turn. The upgraded ability costs zero and the card can be cast without paying its mana cost. - Pyramid of the Pantheon filters into any colored mana. The upgraded ability creates three mana of one color.
Hour of Devastation introduced Sunset Pyramid as a fifth monument that uses brick counters. Both tap abilities cost to activate. Instead of generating counters with its ability, it enters with three counters and removes them to draw a card. Once depleted, the downgraded ability is to Scry 1.
Trivia
In Magic Online, the counter is colored green as it is considered a positive effect and they share an icon with Cage and Tower counters.[3]
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 10, 2017). "Amonkhet Down to Business, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 29, 2017). "Odds & Ends: Amonkhet, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Christopher Bellach (September 5, 2018). "Counter Development in Magic Online". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.