Tome Anima
Creature — Spirit
This creature can't be blocked as long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #26281
Tome Anima is a 1/3 that gains +1/+0 for each artifact you control — on a board full of Thopters or equipment it can grow into a meaningful beater, but a 1/3 base for three mana with no evasion and no immediate impact is a hard sell. It competes in a slot crowded with creatures that do more on arrival.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tome Anima is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only home worth discussing seriously is Commander artifact-token strategies — specifically Pauper, where artifact synergies at common are real and a growing body can actually close games. In competitive Constructed formats, Tome Anima is simply outclassed: Modern and Pioneer have artifact payoffs that either cost less, come with evasion, or generate value immediately. In Commander it's a fringe inclusion in dedicated artifact-token decks that have already run out of better options.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Tome Anima is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. That price reflects the ceiling on demand; nothing in its design profile suggests it climbs.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.