Phyrexian Grimoire
Mana cost
Mana value3TypeArtifact — Book
Color identity
Colorless
RarityRare
SetTempest (TMP)
ArtistDoug Chaffee
Price€0.61 · $0.39
Mana value3TypeArtifact — Book
Color identity Colorless
RarityRare
SetTempest (TMP)
ArtistDoug Chaffee
Price€0.61 · $0.39Phyrexian Grimoire
Artifact — Book
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: Target opponent chooses one of the top two cards of your graveyard. Exile that card and put the other one into your hand.Every page cost a life; every secret cost a thousand more.
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernNot legalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulLegal
Rulings
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.
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.