Sylvan Library

set	min	mtgo
-	220.10	0.02 tix

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Name	Sylvan Library
Type	Enchantment
Description	At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.
Artist	Yeong-Hao Han
Set	Dominaria Remastered #179
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About Sylvan Library

Sylvan Library, Enchantment, designed by Harold McNeill first released in Jun, 1994 in the set Legends and was printed exactly in 19 different ways. It see play in 2 formats: Commander and Duel Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 220.10.

Sylvan Library is a powerful card that benefits decks looking to draw cards and manipulate their hand effectively, such as control or combo decks. While it offers strong card advantage, its life payment can be a drawback. Other cards like Rhystic Study or Mystic Remora may provide similar benefits without the life loss, making them potentially better choices depending on the deck's strategy. Overall, Sylvan Library can be a strong inclusion in decks that can afford the life payment and value the card selection it offers.

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06/08/16

Any cards drawn prior to Sylvan Library’s ability resolving, including in your upkeep or in response to Sylvan Library’s triggered ability, can be chosen to be put back using this effect. Sylvan Library’s controller is responsible for keeping these cards distinguishable in hand, such as by keeping them separate from cards that began the turn in hand.

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It’s not possible to take any actions between drawing the cards and choosing two cards. You can’t cast the cards you drew to avoid having two cards to choose.

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You always perform your normal draw before this ability. The normal draw occurs before anything can be placed on the stack during a player’s draw step.

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You can put back zero, one, or two cards.

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