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◇ Catalog #301

Phyrexian Grimoire

tmp·#301·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Doug Chaffee

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.33+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.34 · low $0.31

NM$0.33

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.30–$0.35modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.49low $0.02range 2350.0%n 312

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #28,420 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.33

Gameplay

Artifact — Book

{4}, {T}: 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.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2006-10-15wotc

It does not target the cards, but it targets the opponent. If you can’t target an opponent, you can’t activate this ability.

2004-10-04wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.33. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.49 across 312 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TMP — 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 #301 of *Tempest*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1997 Tempest release.

Card type: Artifact — Book, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #28,420 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Doug Chaffee. Rarix catalogs 142 other cards credited to this artist.