MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #309

Mangara's Tome

mir·#309·rare·nonfoil

Illus. John Bolton

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1996

30 yr ago

Value

$3.27+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $3.38 · low $3.08

NM$3.27

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$3.02–$3.45modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.27low $0.03range 10800.0%n 585

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #20,758 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$3.27

Gameplay

Artifact — Book

When this artifact enters, search your library for five cards, exile them in a face-down pile, and shuffle that pile. Then shuffle your library. {2}: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead put the top card of the exiled pile into its owner's hand.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 2

2004-10-04wotc

The ability is a replacement effect that replaces a draw.

2004-10-04wotc

If there are no cards left, you can still use the ability to turn a draw into a “do nothing”.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.27. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $3.27 across 585 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MIR — 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 #309 of *Mirage*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1996 Mirage release.

Card type: Artifact — Book, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {5} (5 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #20,758 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Bolton. Rarix catalogs 20 other cards credited to this artist.