The Power Nine are nine rare Magic: The Gathering cards that were printed early in the game's history and are widely regarded as overpowered. However, in games where they are legal, they play an important role in the competitive tournament atmosphere. It is next to impossible to remain competitive in vintage Magic with out employing some pieces of the power nine in your deck. All nine cards were rares printed only in the Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited sets, meaning they were only printed for a short period of time from late 1993 to early 1994. They were never reprinted in any form and their continued popularity for so many years has driven their secondary market price constantly upward.
Black Lotus
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Black LotusCost: 0
Type: Artifact
Text: T, Sacrifice Black Lotus: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool.
Arguably the best known card in the Power Nine, and for that matter all of Magic. With the exception of certain special cards printed outside of normal sets (such as Splendid Genesis and Fraternal Exaltation), the Black Lotus is the most valuable Magic card. The card, especially its Alpha and Beta variants, is often valued from anywhere from 500 to 2000 dollars, depending on condition.
The Black Lotus has unparalleled power in terms of mana acceleration, temporarily putting the owner 3 turns ahead in mana development. This advantage, combined with other efficient and powerful cards, allows its user to get so far ahead that victory can become inevitable.
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Ancestral Recall
Ancestral RecallCost: U
Type: Instant
Text: Target player draws three cards.
Drawing cards is the heart of the game; the player who has the most options has the best chance of winning. Ancestral Recall allows the player to use this one card to draw three more, for a price considered extremely cheap by modern Magic standards.
Ancestral Recall is commonly regarded among tournament players as the most powerful card ever printed. The reason being Card Advantage - a concept vital to higher level game play. Card Advantage views every action as a trade between the player and his opponent. Typically, players trade card-for-card (e.g. using one creature elimination spell to remove one creature card). Anything that upsets this balance changes card advantage between the players. For its extremely low cost of a single blue mana, Ancestral Recall allows a player to gain +2 card advantage (3 cards drawn minus 1 card "spent" in casting Ancestral Recall) at the speed of an instant. No card has ever come close to doing this as cheaply and consistently as Ancestral Recall.
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