blastoise pokemon card first edition art Holo Rare Retreat cost Blastoise Shadowless Base MP –

That might sound like a lot, but its really just one problem

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

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

But two spells gets into breaking apart the plan territory

The card is very strong, especially in self-sacrifice decks (also known as Aristocrat decks), as you get the advantage of your creatures dying while forcing your opponents to exile creatures