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Palantír of Orthanc
Oracle Text
At the beginning of your end step, put an influence counter on Palantír of Orthanc and scry 2. Then target opponent may have you draw a card. If that player doesn't, you mill X cards, where X is the number of influence counters on Palantír of Orthanc, and that player loses life equal to the total mana value of those cards.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Palantír of Orthanc is a classic grinding engine for control and value decks, especially those happy to win over several turns rather than burst the opponent down. In lore terms, it evokes Saruman’s sinister seeing-stone: each end step, it slowly sharpens its gaze with an influence counter and scry 2, letting you filter draws while setting up the top of your library. The real tension is the opponent’s choice—let you draw and extend your resource lead, or refuse and risk a growing mill-and-life-loss payoff that can snowball quickly. It pairs well with effects that copy or recur artifacts, and with cards that care about cards in graveyards or incidental milling. Deckbuilding tip: combine it with top-deck manipulation and spell-heavy shells that can protect a long game, so your scry finds interaction while the Palantír pressures life totals. Against slower decks, it can become a relentless inevitability engine.
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Character Background
Palantír of Orthanc is a classic grinding engine for control and value decks, especially those happy to win over several turns rather than burst the opponent down. In lore terms, it evokes Saruman’s sinister seeing-stone: each end step, it slowly sharpens its gaze with an influence counter and scry 2, letting you filter draws while setting up the top of your library. The real tension is the opponent’s choice—let you draw and extend your resource lead, or refuse and risk a growing mill-and-life-loss payoff that can snowball quickly. It pairs well with effects that copy or recur artifacts, and with cards that care about cards in graveyards or incidental milling. Deckbuilding tip: combine it with top-deck manipulation and spell-heavy shells that can protect a long game, so your scry finds interaction while the Palantír pressures life totals. Against slower decks, it can become a relentless inevitability engine.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-10-08 03:10:44 UTC