City's Blessing

City's Blessing is a player's designation introduced for Rivals of Ixalan. It can be given by the ascend mechanic.
==Description==
The city's blessing refers to Orazca, the Golden City that the different factions are racing for in the Rivals of Ixalan storyline. If you have the city's blessing, you gain a significant advantage depending on the spell you played.
Although originally flavored in terms of Orazca, later cards with ascend and city's blessing helper cards have reflavored the mechanic to varying degrees. For example, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander's helper card references the journey to Ixalan's core (from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan story), while the Murders at Karlov Manor Commander's helper card reframes the mechanic in terms of the city of Ravnica and the power of its guilds (alongside Ravnica-flavored ascend cards, such as <c>Detective of the Month</c> and the MKC reprint of ). Additionally, one card from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (<c>Andúril, Narsil Reforged</c>) uses the ascend mechanic; however, no corresponding helper card exists due to that card being first printed in the holiday release.
==Rules ==
==Rulings==
*The city's blessing isn't a permanent or emblem, and nothing can destroy it or otherwise interact with it.
*The printed card is only used as a reminder.
*If a player's city's blessing designation is destroyed with , that player no longer has the city's blessing. They can regain the city's blessing if they control a permanent with ascend or resolve an instant/sorcery spell with ascend while controlling ten or more permanents.
==Cards that give the city's blessing==
All cards with ascend. These are also all the cards which derive some benefit from having the city's blessing. There do not currently exist any cards which reference the city's blessing but do not have ascend.
==References==
Category:Miscellaneous mechanics