First printed in Ice Age (1995)
All 5 prints
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- Masters Edition II (ME2) #207, 2008 (digital) Quinton Hoover
- Deckmasters (DKM) #35, 2001 Quinton Hoover
- Fifth Edition (5ED) #367, 1997 Quinton Hoover
- Pro Tour Collector Set (PTC) #mj317, 1996 Quinton Hoover
- Ice Age (ICE) #317, 1995 Quinton Hoover
Artifact
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: Exile the top card of your library. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card.
- Illustrated by
- Quinton Hoover
Elkin Bottle legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (6)
- This is not considered to be drawing a card.
- The card is not part of your hand in any way. You can’t be forced to discard it due to a discard from hand effect, and you can’t discard it to pay a cost.
- If the Bottle leaves the battlefield or your control, the cards remain waiting until played or until the beginning of your next upkeep. The card is in the “Exile” zone.
- To “play a card” is to either cast a spell or to put a land onto the battlefield using the main phase special action.
- If you do not play the card before your next upkeep, it remains exiled; you just lose the ability to play it.
- The exiled card is played using the normal timing rules for its card type, as well as any other applicable restrictions such as “Cast [this card] only during combat.” For example, you can’t play the card during an opponent’s turn unless it’s an instant or has flash. Similarly, if the exiled card is a land, you can’t play it if you’ve already played a land that turn. If it’s a nonland card, you’ll have to pay its mana cost. The only thing that’s different is you’re playing it from the Exile zone.
Prices
Paper price: €0.25 / $0.34 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 10 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.007 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 10 Nov 2026).