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Blue/green is a ramp deck, which usually wants to play a slow, midrange game, yet here we have an aggro payoff for it

As such, the card holds a $48 price tag according to TCGPlayer market price in traditional, non-foil form

I will remind that losing life isnt damage: Your opponent will not be able to prevent loss of life by redirecting damage with Harms Way

Combined with the frankly outrageous state of things back then (4 Ancestral Recall , anyone?) leading to prolonged game states and impasses, WotC decided that enough was enough and restricted Ivory Tower

This is why Robotics Prodigy is important as a way to force a bit more consistency, but without it you're banking on drawing into them

But two spells gets into breaking apart the plan territory