Brick counter

Brick counters are a type of counter introduced in Amonkhet. They are created by and placed on a cycle of artifacts known as monuments that were made to represent the constant monument-building that went on in ancient Egypt. They act as a resource, granting the artifact a stronger ability after it builds up the counters via using its weaker ability. They were represented on punch cards in the Amonkhet block. 
==Description==
Brick counters first appeared on a cycle of four artifacts in Amonkhet known as monuments. Each monument is an artifact with two tap abilities, one of which has a minor effect and adds brick counters, and the other is a more powerful version that requires having three brick counters to activate:
* <c>Edifice of Authority</c> can prevent a creature from attacking for a turn. The upgraded ability will prevent a creature from attacking, blocking, or using abilities for a turn. Both cost 
* <c>Luxa River Shrine</c> gains one life for , while the upgraded ability gains two life for no mana.
* <c>Oracle's Vault</c> has the ability to exile the top card of the player's library for , allowing them to play it during that turn. The upgraded ability costs zero and the card can be cast without paying its mana cost. 
* <c>Pyramid of the Pantheon</c> filters into any colored mana. The upgraded ability creates three mana of one color.
Hour of Devastation introduced <c>Sunset Pyramid</c> as a fifth monument that uses brick counters. Both tap abilities cost to activate. Instead of generating counters with its ability, it enters with three counters and removes them to draw a card. Once depleted, the downgraded ability is to Scry 1.
==Trivia==
In Magic Online, the counter is colored green as it is considered a positive effect and they share an icon with Cage and Tower counters.
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