The Book of Vile Darkness 
Legendary Artifact — Book
Oracle text (EN)
Legendary Artifact — Book
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.
Printing details
- Set
- AFR · 91
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Released
- 2021-07-23
- Prices
- €0.86 · $0.50
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2026 | €0.88 | €0.50 |
| October 31, 2026 | €0.86 | €0.50 |
| October 29, 2026 | €0.86 | €0.49 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.76 | €0.52 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.29 trend €0.88 30-day avg €0.73 | low €0.29 trend €1.21 30-day avg €1.14 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.50 with Zero from €0.50 | NM from €0.90 with Zero from €0.90 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.49 | NM from €0.89 |
Cardmarket updated Nov 2, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 2, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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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.
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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.
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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.