Apple of Eden, Isu Relic
Mana Cost:
Type: Legendary Artifact
Oracle Text:
{T}, Pay 4 life, Sacrifice Apple of Eden: Look at target opponent's hand and exile those cards face down. You may play those cards this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast them. Until end of turn, whenever you play a land or cast a spell this way, its owner draws a card. At the beginning of the next end step, return the exiled cards to their owner's hand. Activate only as a sorcery.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: mythic
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Assassin's Creed
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Character Background
Apple of Eden feels like a late-game value and toolbox engine best suited to control/value or combo decks that can capitalize on a single-turn swing. For four mana, paying 4 life and sacrificing it gives you a one-shot "borrow their hand" to cast opponents' bombs (and even their lands) using any mana type, so it's ideal in mono-colored control shells that lack access to certain colors or in artifact/combo decks that need a temporary piece. Because you give opponents cards when you cast their spells, use it when their remaining cards are low-impact or when you can sequence plays that minimize the benefit to them—e.g., cast removal to clear the way for your attackers or play their lands with additional land-drop engines like Azusa, Lost but Seeking or Exploration to gain ramp. Protect the Apple with tutors and counterspells, and time the activation on an end-step to deny instant-speed interaction; its sorcery timing makes it a high-impact, risk-reward finisher or tempo turn.
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