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Living Lore

{3}{U}

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Border
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Frame
2015
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Jason Felix
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
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Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
As this creature 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 this creature 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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Plays as:
Cast From ExileFree CasterCombat Damage Trigger
Market · per finishtrend updated 6h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
Foil$0.25-32.4%
$0.23 low$0.20 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.13· across 4 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

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Foil$0.25-32.4%30D
30D range$0.25to$0.48Since Feb 2024:H $0.60L $0.25

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Combos

Rulings

8 · latest Dec 7, 2018
  • WotCDec 7, 2018

    If Living Lore leaves the battlefield, the ability that defines its power and toughness will lose track of the exiled card. Its power and toughness are 0 in other zones.

  • WotCDec 7, 2018

    If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCDec 7, 2018

    If an instant or sorcery spell puts Living Lore onto the battlefield, that spell is still on the stack while you choose a card to exile. You can't exile it with Living Lore.

  • WotCDec 7, 2018

    If there are no instant or sorcery cards in your graveyard as Living Lore enters the battlefield, it will enter the battlefield as a 0/0 creature and be put into its owner's graveyard due to having 0 toughness.

  • WotCDec 7, 2018

    If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Tormenting Voice, those must be paid to cast the card.

  • WotCDec 7, 2018

    Living Lore's last ability will trigger whenever it deals combat damage, no matter if that damage is dealt to an opponent, an opposing planeswalker, or a creature it's blocking or being blocked by. You choose whether to sacrifice Living Lore as that ability resolves. If Living Lore has already left the battlefield, perhaps because it was dealt lethal damage at the same time it dealt damage, you can't sacrifice it.

  • WotCDec 7, 2018

    Similarly, if the exiled card somehow leaves exile while Living Lore is on the battlefield, it will become a 0/0 creature.

  • WotCDec 7, 2018

    You may cast a sorcery this way even if it's not your turn.