UnOrthodox suppliment: Banned

Card Name:

Gotham City

Converted Mana Cost:

0

Types:

Legendary Land

Rules Text:

{T}: Exile target attacking creature.

When Gotham City leaves the battlefield, return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under their owners’ control.

Color:

Colorless

Color Identity:

{C}

Watermark:

None

Border Type:

Black-bordered

No illustration credit given
Printing: Hooked on Heroes – InQuest Gamer #83

UnCommander Rulings

Gotham City’s activated ability and its last ability are linked. The last ability refers only to cards exiled with its activated ability.

If Gotham City’s activated ability is activated, but Gotham City leaves the battlefield before it resolves, its last ability will trigger and resolve first. All previously exiled cards will be returned to the battlefield. Then the activated ability will resolve and exile the targeted attacking creature forever.

(Rulings following the template of Admonition Angel.)

Gotham City
Legendary Land
{T}: Target attacking creature is removed from the game and deals no combat damage this turn. If Gotham City leaves play, return all creatures removed from play by Gotham City to play under their owners’ control.

Banned for balance reasons, as effectively a Maze of Ith that provides repeatable removal instead of just removing a creature from combat.

As an activated ability of a land, it is quite difficult to deal with the removal, even if it is technically reversible.
-Hamster