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The four-mana Dimir colored 4/4 with lifelink and ward 1 (I'd prefer 2 for that casting cost) has an ETB ability to look at a hand and then force a discard and draw

As with every card game, Ivory Tower was soon outdated by a rapidly evolving and iterating meta, and it finally came off the list in 1999

It also leans less heavily on any given card or card type which is kind of just another way to say it is more reliable and robust

At first, I was attracted to the unique static ability it has

1 Land There are 15 total basic lands that can be opened in Play Boosters: 10 regular basic lands and 5 Western landscape basic lands