Orazca Relic

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Orazca Relic: Artifact, Forgotten Realms Commander. Ascend. Tap: Add Colorless. Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life and draw a card. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Common
Set
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC)
Released
2021-07-23
Collector number
213
Artist
Kieran Yanner
Commander rank
15,478 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Ascend

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About Orazca Relic

Orazca Relic is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common colourless artifact from Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC), a Commander product released in July 2021. It is collector number 213 in that set, with art by Kieran Yanner. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Rivals of Ixalan (2018) to Forgotten Realms Commander (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)

{T}: Add {C}.

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life and draw a card. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Orazca Relic by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Orazca Relic

Orazca Relic has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) #181Common2018

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Orazca Relic, newest first.

  • If you cast a spell with ascend, you don't get the city's blessing until it resolves. Players may respond to that spell by trying to change whether you get the city's blessing.
  • Once you have the city's blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your permanents. The city's blessing isn't a permanent itself and can't be removed by any effect.
  • A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren't permanents.
  • Ascend on a permanent isn't a triggered ability and doesn't use the stack. Players can respond to a spell that will give you your tenth permanent, but they can't respond to getting the city's blessing once you control that tenth permanent. This means that if your tenth permanent is a land you play, players can't respond before you get the city's blessing.
  • If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the “Legend Rule” or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city's blessing before it leaves the battlefield.
  • If you control ten permanents but don't control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don't get the city's blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of one, then cast Golden Demise, you won't have the city's blessing and the spell will affect creatures you control.

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