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Bury in Books
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Strixhaven: School of MagesSTX · #39
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.04 € · ★ 0.06 € · 0.23 $ · ★ 0.12 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
This spell costs less to cast if it targets an attacking creature. Put target creature into its owner's library second from the top.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Zoltan Boros
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-04-23
Flavour text
There are no weapons allowed in the Biblioplex, but a clever mage is never truly defenseless.
Rulings
If the target creature's controller has zero cards left in their library when Bury in Books resolves, that creature becomes the top card of their library.
