Relic of Quiet Bargains
Dusk Rose Reliquary is an artifact that asks for a price up front and rewards careful timing. The card forces you to sacrifice an artifact or creature as an additional cost to cast it, which makes it a natural fit in decks that can generate value from sacrifice triggers or that recur pieces from the graveyard. Once it resolves you get a clean, temporary removal effect that exiles an opponent artifact or creature until the Reliquary leaves the battlefield.
Play it where leaving it on board matters. The Ward 2 clause punishes reactive counters and buys a window for the exile to stick. In Limited it reads as a tempo tool that trades a small piece to neutralize a larger threat. In Constructed shell builds it can pair with flicker, recursion, or token synergies to convert the initial sacrifice into continuous advantage while denying an opponent a critical permanent.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {W}
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Card Type – Artifact
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Subtypes – (none)
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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.
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Power / Toughness – N A