wotc
The “if you can’t” in the first ability refers to putting the card in your hand, as well as being unable to choose a card. Thus, if you can’t choose a card during resolution, you lose the game.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #132
Forbidden Crypt
6ed·#132·rare·nonfoil
Illus. D. Alexander Gregory
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wishlisted
Apr 1999
27 yr ago
Value
$1.00+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $1.00 · low $0.99
Volatility · stable
USD$1.00EUR€0.77
NM$1.00
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #15,440 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Enchantment
If you would draw a card, return a card from your graveyard to your hand instead. If you can't, you lose the game.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile that card instead.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDHlegal
Rulings · 4
wotc
The second ability is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability. The card never gets to the graveyard.
wotc
If more than one card is being drawn due to a single effect, apply the replacement as if the cards were being drawn one at a time.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. D. Alexander Gregory
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