Just ordered mine! It is so exciting to finally have one of these babes.

  -- By kutay seker from Netherlands on November 03, 2011

Because Mark is a troll. he wanted to get a reply from you and he did lol

  -- By Joshua from Cleveland, TN USA on June 10, 2010

Regret selling mine. Love it. Seat of synod? REALLY???? The fact that its an artifact land is what makes it suck ARTARD. The beauty of the MOX Is... Any land and mox. Tolarian academy is the only thing i see making seat of synod worth anything. Or I can play A mox sapphire and have three blue to play with 1st turn. Can you say Dissipate

  -- By Anonymous from Ga. on May 29, 2010

@Mark - I don't quite see your argument on why counting as an artifact land makes that big of a difference. If you're playing with affinity then all it needs to be is an artifact and being a land makes no difference. By the way, you go ahead and try to get out your Xanthic Statue and your Aladdin Ring and we'll see how bad the moxen are when I go turn 2-3 win on you with Tezzeret-Time Vault combo. And Dakkon Blackblade? Sorry, but I don't fear creatures that come out turn 6 and have no evasion. Swords to Plowshares anyone? @Mox Sapphire- The reason any of the moxen are good is because it lets you play more than one land a turn. Coupled with all of the fun things that you can do with artifacts in Vintage (Tolarian Academy, Tinker, storm combo using Chain of Vapor ; - P) makes running 5 moxen a must in almost any vintage deck. The reason Mox Sapphire is the best is because of being able to play Mana Drain/Counterspell turn 1.

  -- By Khurtz from Fairport, NY on February 22, 2010

the most sought after of the moxen. almost mandatory for serious vintage play.

  -- By Anonymous from on May 29, 2008

Moxen = average. Fyndhorn Elder/ Dark Ritual well better. Yes I'm joking and yes it's good.

  -- By ben_taylor79 from uk on May 15, 2008

food for my gorilla shaman....RAWR!

  -- By NickMcNickerston from The deep south on November 10, 2007

THIS IS AWESOME! The mox is totally great against any deck. You're an idiot if you don't think this card is good. For the alpha one, I can't believe they got their hands on an excellent plus. That's frickin' crazy unless it was one of those cards with a wicked tight sealed hardcase. It's a certain type of case where they seal it and it has info on it like what edition it's from and it's condition. It reminds me more of a frame than a case. I was on ebay once and a guy had a black lotus in one of those and because of it it was in mint condition. It sold for like $2,000.

  -- By yo momma from the underworld on June 01, 2007

Well, what says sweet like a first turn Grim Monolith or a Counterspell. I love my Monoliths, with them and this baby Morphling is able to hit the table on turn two. And if it's not a Morphling, it's Arcanis. Either way, you're far ahead of the game with this baby.

  -- By a control freak from Canada on January 04, 2005

You could use an island, but as the old saying goes, he who wins first... wins. Acceleration in any form (mana, card, etc.) strengthens your deck, and blue is viscious but slow. Also, a first turn mana drain or counterspell helps take care of black's incredible but non-sustaining mana force. It is the most sought after of the 5 for this reason.

  -- By Grayson from Louisville, KY on October 25, 2004

definitely the best of the "10" (you can only play 1 island a turn... therefore 1 island + 1 mox = counterspell/mana drain)

  -- By Ed from Hiram, Oh on September 01, 2004

Use an island? Are you an idiot? You can only play one land a turn. Its like sky dimond only a F*** of alot better Its worth spending the extra $ for it instead of a sky dimond or an island.

  -- By Rudolf from NY on August 28, 2004

Why not use an island instead?

  -- By Ben from Canada on August 15, 2004

Library of Alexandria is considered the 'Tenth' card in the Power Nine. I hate blue, this gets four stars.

  -- By Greg from Canada on November 05, 2003

When did the power nine turn into the big ten?

  -- By thesibut from NY on April 12, 2003

I agree.... an amazing card. Can't imagine playing when there were no restrictions on having 4 of these babies in your deck. (drool)

  -- By thesibut from NY on April 12, 2003

This mox is the best of all moxen. Blue has very little mana excel for all the high cast cards it has and this just is over the roof. Imagine. First turn counter of Sapphire medallion...

  -- By bubba from somewhere out there on November 01, 2002

Not only is it the best Mox, being blue and all, but it has the best art too. Black Border is the way to go if you can afford one. Coolest of the big ten

  -- By Miraxis from Old Town, ME on March 03, 2002

First turn counterspell? Yes please. :^)

  -- By Trevor Yeomans from Calgary, Alberta on November 06, 2001