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Magic: The GatheringTempest#301

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Magic: The Gathering

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TempestTMP · #301

Card type: Artifact — Book
Rarity: Rare
Indicative price: 0.62 € · 0.36 $
Mana value: 3
Colour: Colourless

Card text

, : Target opponent chooses one of the top two cards of your graveyard. Exile that card and put the other one into your hand.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PennyLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.

Printing information

Illustrator: Doug Chaffee
Card language: English
Release date: 1997-10-14

Flavour text

Every page cost a life; every secret cost a thousand more.

Rulings

2004-10-04

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.

2006-10-15

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