For two mana, this artifact has a three-mana activated ability that allows the Altar to be tapped to exile a creature under its owner's control in order to return any creature from their graveyard to the battlefield
A few of them even went up in price
Enjoy the completely new, silky smooth surface texture
There is one in each of the five allied colour pairs, and two in each of the five enemy colour pairs: two Orzhov (white and black), two Izzet (blue and red), two Golgari (black and green), two Boros (red and white), and two Simic (green and blue)
That could be everything from simple hospitality or performances to the chaotic, masochistic revelry their demon patron Rakdos prefers
The idea is to play this in a Black deck that has enough mana with Cabal Coffers and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth or Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or Caged Sun to fill this out with tons of X mana to make all of that mana and force enough for your foes to lose life, discard their hand and be denuded of their stuff and then you can, slowly win the game from there after removing their life, hand and stuff so that you have a slower game win from there with anything like Commander damage or finishing off someone with a lower post-Torment life
