Elkin Lair
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
VisionsVIS · #78
- Card type
- World Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.75 € · 1.26 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Red
Card text
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player exiles a card at random from their hand. The player may play that card this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, if the player hasn't played the card, they put it into their graveyard.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- 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
- Jerry Tiritilli
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1997-02-03
Rulings
You can play the card this turn, not just during the resolution of the ability.
This has the supertype world. When a world permanent enters, any world permanents that were already on the battlefield are put into their owners' graveyards. This is a state-based action called the "world rule." The new world permanent stays on the battlefield. If two world permanents enter at the same time, they're both put into their owners' graveyards.