The Enigma Jewel
Locus of Enlightenment

Printings

  • The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)#55
  • The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)#362

The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment

Card Information

Type (Front): Legendary Artifact

Type (Back): Legendary Artifact

Mana Cost (Front): Blue mana

CMC: 1

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for U

Set: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)

Rarity: Mythic

Collector Number: 55

Oracle Text

The Enigma Jewel

The Enigma Jewel enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities. Craft with four or more nonlands with activated abilities {8}{U} ({8}{U}, Exile this artifact, Exile the four or more from among other permanents you control and/or cards in your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)

Locus of Enlightenment

Locus of Enlightenment has each activated ability of the exiled cards used to craft it. You may activate each of those abilities only once each turn. Whenever you activate an ability that isn't a mana ability, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Keywords

CraftTransform

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. November 10, 2023

    The back faces of some cards with craft refer to cards "used to craft" it. This refers to the cards exiled as part of the cost of the craft ability of the front face. Those cards are considered to be "used to craft" that permanent as long as they remain exiled and the permanent remains on the battlefield, even if the permanent's controller changes or some of its characteristics change (because of a copy effect, for example.)

    Source: wotc
  2. November 10, 2023

    Craft abilities are activated abilities. You can spend mana from The Enigma Jewel's activated ability to activate its own craft ability, for example.

    Source: wotc
  3. November 10, 2023

    If a card that isn't a transforming double-faced card becomes a copy of a card with craft, it'll stay in exile if you activate the craft ability. It won't return to the battlefield.

    Source: wotc
  4. November 10, 2023

    Any choices made when the ability resolves won't have been made yet when it's copied. Any such choices will be made separately when the copy resolves.

    Source: wotc
  5. November 10, 2023

    If the ability has damage divided as it was put onto the stack, the division can't be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. The same is true of abilities that distribute counters.

    Source: wotc
  6. November 10, 2023

    If the ability that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.

    Source: wotc
  7. November 10, 2023

    If an activated ability of an exiled card used to craft Locus of Enlightenment references the card it's printed on by name, treat Locus of Enlightenment's version of that ability as though it referenced Locus of Enlightenment instead.

    Source: wotc
  8. November 10, 2023

    Locus of Enlightenment has only the activated abilities of the exiled cards used to craft it. It doesn't gain keyword abilities (unless those keyword abilities are activated), triggered abilities, or static abilities.

    Source: wotc
  9. November 10, 2023

    An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.

    Source: wotc
  10. November 10, 2023

    The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "activated." Abilities that trigger when a player activates an ability (such as Locus of Enlightenment's own triggered ability) won't trigger.

    Source: wotc
  11. November 10, 2023

    The "only once each turn" restriction applies to each ability individually, even if multiples of the same card were exiled to craft Locus of Enlightenment. For example, if two of the same card were exiled to craft Locus of Enlightenment, it will have two instances of each of that card's activated abilities. Each of those abilities may be activated once each turn.

    Source: wotc
  12. November 10, 2023

    If the ability that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy has the same value of X.

    Source: wotc
  13. November 10, 2023

    The copy of the activated ability created by Locus of Enlightenment's triggered ability resolves before the original ability.

    Source: wotc
  14. November 10, 2023

    The copy will have the same targets as the ability it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them.

    Source: wotc
  15. November 10, 2023

    If the materials required include multiple objects, you may exile some of them from among permanents you control and the rest from among cards in your graveyard. You don't have to choose all permanents or all cards from your graveyard.

    Source: wotc
  16. November 10, 2023

    You may exile tokens you control as part of the materials required. However, because they aren't cards and won't stay in exile, any abilities that refer to what you "used to craft" the back faces won't refer to anything.

    Source: wotc
  17. November 10, 2023

    Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.

    Source: wotc

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