Book of Rass
Artifact — Book
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Dark
- Price
- $0.86
- EDHREC rank
- #20234
Book of Rass gives you an unconditional, repeatable draw engine that costs 2 life per card — the ceiling is as high as your life total lets you push it. The six-mana entry is steep, but once it's on board, it doesn't care about opponents' countermeasures the way creature-based draw does.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Book of Rass actually gets to do its job — games go long, life totals start at 40, and unconditional draw at instant speed is worth the setup cost. In competitive EDH, six mana is too slow and the 2-life-per-card rate doesn't keep pace with fast combo decks, but in midrange or battlecruiser pods it converts a healthy life total into a late-game refill that doesn't telegraph itself with an enter-the-battlefield trigger. Legacy and Vintage have access to it on paper, but neither format has any reason to run Book of Rass over draw spells that cost a fraction of the mana. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander appeal at a condensed game length — playable there if the strategy specifically banks life, marginal otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.86 bulk tier
At $0.86, Book of Rass sits firmly in bulk territory, which means the price of admission is trivial relative to its role. Expect it to stay near that floor — it sees niche Commander play and has no competitive format demand pushing the price up.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.