Codie, Vociferous Codex

You can't cast permanent spells.
{4}, {T}: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. When you next cast a spell this turn, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery card with lesser mana value. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Put each other card exiled this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Jalum Tome

{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Mazemind Tome

{T}, Put a page counter on this artifact: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{2}, {T}, Put a page counter on this artifact: Draw a card.
When there are four or more page counters on this artifact, exile it. If you do, you gain 4 life.

Emmessi Tome

{5}, {T}: Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Mysterious Tome

{2}, {T}: Draw a card. Transform Mysterious Tome.

Chilling Chronicle

{1}, {T}: Tap target nonland permanent. Transform Chilling Chronicle.

Mysterious Tome // Chilling Chronicle

Sarevok's Tome

When Sarevok's Tome enters, you take the initiative.
{T}: Add {C}. If you have the initiative, add {C}{C} instead.
{3}, {T}: Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Activate only if you've completed a dungeon.

Tome of Legends

Tome of Legends enters with a page counter on it.
Whenever your commander enters or attacks, put a page counter on Tome of Legends.
{1}, {T}, Remove a page counter from Tome of Legends: Draw a card.

Urza's Tome

{3}, {T}: Draw a card. Then discard a card unless you exile a historic card from your graveyard. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Tome Anima

Tome Anima can't be blocked as long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn.

Tomebound Lich

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever Tomebound Lich enters or deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card.

Barrin's Codex

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a page counter on Barrin's Codex.
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice Barrin's Codex: Draw X cards, where X is the number of page counters on Barrin's Codex.

Codex Shredder

{T}: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
{5}, {T}, Sacrifice Codex Shredder: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Phyrexian Scriptures

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. That creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.
II — Destroy all nonartifact creatures.
III — Exile all opponents' graveyards.

Letter of Acceptance

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Letter of Acceptance: Draw a card.

Otherworld Atlas

{T}: Put a charge counter on Otherworld Atlas.
{T}: Each player draws a card for each charge counter on Otherworld Atlas.

Book of Rass

Spellbook

Bury in Books

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets an attacking creature.
Put target creature into its owner's library second from the top.

The Book of Exalted Deeds

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Angel creature token with flying.
{W}{W}{W}, {T}, Exile The Book of Exalted Deeds: Put an enlightened counter on target Angel. It gains "You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Activate only as a sorcery.

Suspicious Bookcase

Defender
{3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Bookwurm

Trample
When Bookwurm enters, you gain 3 life and draw a card.
{2}{G}: Put Bookwurm from your graveyard into your library third from the top.

Book Devourer

Trample
Whenever Book Devourer deals combat damage to a player, you may discard all the cards in your hand. If you do, draw that many cards.

The Underworld Cookbook

{T}, Discard a card: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice The Underworld Cookbook: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

The Book of Vile Darkness

At the beginning of your end step, if you lost 2 or more life this turn, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
{T}, 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.

Wizard's Spellbook

{T}: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Roll a d20. Activate only as a sorcery.
1—9 | Copy that card. You may cast the copy.
10—19 | Copy that card. You may cast the copy by paying {1} rather than paying its mana cost.
20 | Copy each card exiled with Wizard's Spellbook. You may cast any number of the copies without paying their mana costs.

Monster Manual

{1}{G}, {T}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Zoological Study

Mill five cards, then return a creature card milled this way to your hand. (Then exile this card. You may cast the artifact later from exile.)

Monster Manual // Zoological Study

Tamiyo's Journal

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
{T}, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Venser's Journal

You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.

Investigator's Journal

Investigator's Journal enters with a number of suspect counters on it equal to the greatest number of creatures a player controls.
{2}, {T}, Remove a suspect counter from Investigator's Journal: Draw a card.
{2}, Sacrifice Investigator's Journal: Draw a card.

Folio of Fancies

Players have no maximum hand size.
{X}{X}, {T}: Each player draws X cards.
{2}{U}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Arcane Encyclopedia

Ignacio of Myra's Marvels

As Ignacio of Myra's Marvels enters, choose armor, blood, book, bottle, fang, fire, scroll, spear, sword, or water.
Whenever you cast a spell with the chosen object in its art, create two Treasure tokens.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Practical Research

Draw four cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an instant or sorcery card.

Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher

Vigilance
{T}: Add an amount of {C} equal to Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher's toughness. This mana can't be spent to cast spells from your hand.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Tamiyo, Field Researcher

+1: Choose up to two target creatures. Until your next turn, whenever either of those creatures deals combat damage, you draw a card.
−2: Tap up to two target nonland permanents. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
−7: Draw three cards. You get an emblem with "You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs."

Automatic Librarian

When Automatic Librarian enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Mild-Mannered Librarian

{3}{G}: This creature becomes a Werewolf. Put two +1/+1 counters on it and you draw a card. Activate only once.

Orcish Librarian

{R}, {T}: Look at the top eight cards of your library. Exile four of them at random, then put the rest on top of your library in any order.

Cogwork Librarian

Draft Cogwork Librarian face up.
As you draft a card, you may draft an additional card from that booster pack. If you do, put Cogwork Librarian into that booster pack.

Haunted Library

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Library Larcenist

Whenever Library Larcenist attacks, draw a card.

Library of Lat-Nam

An opponent chooses one —
• You draw three cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
• You search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Library of Leng

You have no maximum hand size.
If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.

Magus of the Library

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you have exactly seven cards in hand.

Overwhelmed Archivist

When Overwhelmed Archivist enters, draw a card, then discard a card.
Disturb {3}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)

Archive Haunt

Flying
Whenever Archive Haunt attacks, draw a card, then discard a card.
If Archive Haunt would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Overwhelmed Archivist // Archive Haunt

Geist of the Archives

Defender
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Archive Trap

If an opponent searched their library this turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target opponent mills thirteen cards.

Archivist of Oghma

Flash
Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Archivist

Jace's Archivist

{U}, {T}: Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Curious Homunculus

{T}: Add {C}. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are three or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, transform Curious Homunculus.

Voracious Reader

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader

Careful Study

Enthusiastic Study

Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

Stinging Study

You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone.

Learn from the Past

Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Draw a card.

Pedantic Learning

Whenever a land card is put into your graveyard from your library, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

Idle Thoughts

{2}: Draw a card if you have no cards in hand.

Compulsive Research

Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.

Combat Research

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
As long as enchanted creature is legendary, it gets +1/+1 and has ward {1}. (Whenever enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

Mishra's Research Desk

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mishra's Research Desk: Exile the top two cards of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Unearth {1}{R} ({1}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Teferi's Protege

{1}{U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Living Lore

As Living Lore enters, exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard.
Living Lore's power and toughness are each equal to the exiled card's mana value.
Whenever Living Lore deals combat damage, you may sacrifice it. If you do, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

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