Orcish Librarian
Creature — Orc
, 
: 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.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- special
- Set
- Time Spiral Timeshifted
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #24452
Orcish Librarian costs two mana to look at eight cards and keep four — but those four are random, so you're gambling half your selection away. It's a curiosity piece, not a reliable draw engine, and virtually no competitive deck wants that deal.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Orcish Librarian is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially zero play in any of them. In Commander, the effect doesn't scale — digging eight and randomly discarding four is far worse than Ponder, Preordain, or even basic Divination, all of which give you control over what you keep. In Legacy and Vintage, the card selection bar is so high that anything with a random discard component is dead on arrival. The honest read is that Orcish Librarian exists as a novelty, not a tool.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Orcish Librarian sits firmly in bulk territory, and the price reflects the demand — which is nearly none. It's unlikely to move in either direction; collectors of old-border curios are the ceiling on this one.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.