Dusk Rose Reliquary: Quiet Extraction
Dusk Rose Reliquary rewards careful planning. As an artifact for a single white mana it asks you to sacrifice an artifact or creature as an additional cost, so casting it reads like a deliberate trade. The printed Ward 2 makes opponents pay attention before they target it and the enter the battlefield trigger exiles a problem permanent your opponent controls until the reliquary leaves the battlefield. In practical play this card functions as a soft removal tethered to your board state.
Use Dusk Rose Reliquary when you can afford the up front cost and when you want tempo locked in rather than permanent removal. It pairs cleanly with self sacrifice synergies and with effects that return artifacts or creatures to your hand so you recover value while denying your opponent their piece. The art and flavor fit Lost Caverns of Ixalan because it feels like an offering kept under watchful glass, useful both in grindy midrange matchups and in toolbox builds that can leverage its exile window.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {W}
- Card Type – Artifact
- Subtypes –
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Ward 2. When Dusk Rose Reliquary enters the battlefield, exile target artifact or creature an opponent controls until Dusk Rose Reliquary leaves the battlefield.
- Power / Toughness – N A