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◇ Catalog #227

Arcane Encyclopedia

m19·#227·uncommon·foil

Illus. Nic Klein

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '18

8 yr ago

Value

$1.58+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.60 · low $0.55

NM$0.58

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.54–$0.61modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.58low $0.03range 1833.3%n 58

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #10,980 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.58

Nonfoil$0.24

Gameplay

Artifact — Book

{3}, {T}: Draw a card.

Knowledge itself is neither good nor evil. Just as the wrong book in the wrong hands could doom all existence, the same book in the right hands could save it.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.58. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.58 across 58 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from M19 — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #227 of *Core Set 2019*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2018 Core Set 2019 release.

Card type: Artifact — Book, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #10,980 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Nic Klein. Rarix catalogs 67 other cards credited to this artist.