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◇ Catalog #279

Bury in Books

j22·#279·common·nonfoil

Illus. Zoltan Boros

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '22

3 yr ago

Value

$0.04+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.04 · low $0.04

NM$0.04

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.04–$0.04modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.11low $0.03range 266.7%n 56

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #20,582 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.04

Gameplay

Instant

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets an attacking creature. Put target creature into its owner's library second from the top.

There are no weapons allowed in the Biblioplex, but a clever mage is never truly defenseless.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 1

2021-04-16wotc

If the target creature's controller has zero cards left in their library when Bury in Books resolves, that creature becomes the top card of their library.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.04. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.11 across 56 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J22 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #279 of *Jumpstart 2022*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2022 Jumpstart 2022 release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {4}{U} (5 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #20,582 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Zoltan Boros. Rarix catalogs 928 other cards credited to this artist.