The Book of Vile Darkness
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Black. Legendary Artifact — Book
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms #91 · Illustrated by Daniel Ljunggren
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms #91 · Illustrated by Daniel LjunggrenWhat is The Book of Vile Darkness worth?
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~$9.05
Promo foil · Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos #91a
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Oracle text
At the beginning of your end step, if you lost 2 or more life this turn, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
, Exile The Book of Vile Darkness and artifacts you control named Eye of Vecna and Hand of Vecna: Create Vecna, a legendary 8/8 black Zombie God creature token with indestructible and all triggered abilities of the exiled cards.
Format legality
All 5 printings of The Book of Vile Darkness
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Adventures in the Forgotten Realms afr #91· 2021mythic· Cardmarket €0.66 · €1.18 foil | mythic | $0.49 | $0.59 | €0.66€1.18 foil | |
 Adventures in the Forgotten Realms afr #374· 2021Extended Artmythic· Cardmarket €1.16 · €1.64 foil | mythic | $1.40 | $1.57 | €1.16€1.64 foil | |
 Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos pafr #91a· 2021Promomythic· Cardmarket €0.84 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $9.05 | €0.84 foil | |
 Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos pafr #91p· 2021Promomythic· Cardmarket €1.43 · €1.69 foil | mythic | $4.54 | $3.20 | €1.43€1.69 foil | |
 Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos pafr #91s· 2021Promomythic· Cardmarket €2.88 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $2.30 | €2.88 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2021
- Printings
- 5
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #15,363 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms card (#91).
091 · AFR · M · EN
- 091Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- AFRSet code for Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- MMythic rare
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (3)
July 23, 2021
The Book of Vile Darkness has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, the triggered abilities that Vecna gains are part of its copiable values. This means any enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities it gains (such as the one from Eye of Vecna) will trigger.
July 23, 2021
In the vast majority of cases, Vecna will gain the triggered ability printed on Hand of Vecna and the two triggered abilities printed on Eye of Vecna.
July 23, 2021
In some strange cases, you might make something into a copy of the Eye and/or Hand of Vecna and then exile that copy to activate The Book of Vile Darkness's ability. The ability that creates Vecna will look at the cards in exile, not the permanents on the battlefield, so it's possible to have Vecna gain different triggered abilities.
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