Venser's Journal
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander 2016C16 · #279
- Card type
- Artifact — Book
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 6.34 € · 9.96 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
You have no maximum hand size. At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Christopher Moeller
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2016-11-11
Flavour text
A Planeswalker's chronicle spans worlds and civilizations, each page a lifetime.
Rulings
If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you put Null Profusion (an enchantment that says your maximum hand size is two) onto the battlefield and then put Venser's Journal onto the battlefield, you'll have no maximum hand size. However, if those permanents enter in the opposite order, your maximum hand size would be two.
