- Living Lore
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Living Lore
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mana_cost
Types
Creature
types
Subtypes
Avatar
subtypes
Details
Rules
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.
rules
Power
*
power
Toughness
*
toughness
Color Identity
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Rarity
Uncommon
rarity
Number
121
number
Artist
Jason Felix
artist
Language
English
language
(EN)
language_code
Expansion
Commander 2021
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Rulings
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.
2018-12-07
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.
2018-12-07
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.
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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.
2018-12-07
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.
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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.
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Similarly, if the exiled card somehow leaves exile while Living Lore is on the battlefield, it will become a 0/0 creature.
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You may cast a sorcery this way even if it's not your turn.
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Code
Model attributes
id
string
The id of the card
C21-121
name
string
The name of the card
Living Lore
mana_cost
string
The cost to cast the card
{3}{U}
types
string[]
The types of card, such as Creature.
Creature
subtypes
string[]
The subtypes of the card, such as Storyborn or Hero.
Avatar
power
string
The strength of the card
*
toughness
string
The willpower of the card
*
color_identity
string
The color identity of the card (the colors that appear on the card)
U
variants
object[]
The variants the card is available in, such as normal or foil, and their prices.
variants.name
string
The variant name, such as normal or foil
normal
variants.prices
object[]
The variant name, such as normal or coldFoil
rarity
string
The rarity of the card
Uncommon
number
string
The card number
121
artist
string
The artist of the card
Jason Felix
language
string
The language of the card, such as English.
English
language_code
string
The language code, such as EN.
EN
images
object[]
The images of the card
images.large
string
The large url of the image
https://images.scrydex.com/magicthegathering/C21-121/large
expansion
object
The expansion the card belongs to
expansion.name
string
The name of the expansion
Commander 2021