First printed in Tempest (1997)
Artifact — Book
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: Target opponent chooses one of the top two cards of your graveyard. Exile that card and put the other one into your hand.
Every page cost a life; every secret cost a thousand more.
- Illustrated by
- Doug Chaffee
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 (2)
- If there is only one card in your graveyard, it is exiled by the first part of the effect and you do not get to put any cards into your hand since the second part fails.
- It does not target the cards, but it targets the opponent. If you can’t target an opponent, you can’t activate this ability.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.008 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).