Sylvan Library
Enchantment
At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
#258 on EDHREC's list of the most played Commander cards (as of October 16, 2026).
Selling Sylvan Library?
We pay 50% of a card's market value in cash, or 70% in store credit, for cards worth more than $1. For the cheapest printing of Sylvan Library, that's about $13.30 cash or $18.62 in credit.
All 16 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Guests SPG | 155 | Apr 2026 | $28.02 | $37.36 |
| Secret Lair Drop SLD | 2058 | Jun 2025 | $26.60 | – |
| Dominaria Remastered DMR | 350 | Jan 2023 | $27.10 | $34.77 |
| Dominaria Remastered DMR | 441 | Jan 2023 | $28.20 | $46.90 |
| Dominaria Remastered DMR | 179 | Jan 2023 | $28.80 | $27.64 |
| Legacy Championship OLGC | 2021C | Nov 2021 | – | – |
| Commander Collection: Green CC1 | 5 | Dec 2020 | $27.01 | $27.09 |
| Eternal Masters EMA | 187 | Jun 2016 | $28.89 | $32.73 |
| Commander's Arsenal CM1 | 17 | Nov 2012 | – | $38.14 |
| Fifth Edition 5ED | 329 | Mar 1997 | $29.07 | – |
| Pro Tour Collector Set PTC | pp273 | May 1996 | $29.99 | – |
| Pro Tour Collector Set PTC | bl273 | May 1996 | $34.13 | – |
| Renaissance REN | 158 | Aug 1995 | $76.66 | – |
| Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border 4BB | 273 | Apr 1995 | $104.56 | – |
| Fourth Edition 4ED | 273 | Apr 1995 | $34.88 | – |
| Legends LEG | 207 | Jun 1994 | $186.40 | – |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
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Rulings
Any cards drawn prior to Sylvan Library’s ability resolving, including in your upkeep or in response to Sylvan Library’s triggered ability, can be chosen to be put back using this effect. Sylvan Library’s controller is responsible for keeping these cards distinguishable in hand, such as by keeping them separate from cards that began the turn in hand.
If you choose to draw two cards, then replace one or more of those draws with some other effect, the rest of Sylvan Library’s ability still happens. If you’ve actually drawn only one card that turn, you must choose that card and either pay 4 life or put it on top of your library. If you haven’t actually drawn any cards that turn, the rest of the ability has no effect.
If you control other triggered abilities that allow you to draw cards during your draw step, you can choose to order Sylvan Library’s ability before or after those abilities. Triggered abilities controlled by other players will resolve before triggered abilities you control.
If you control more than one Sylvan Library, the triggered ability of each will resolve in sequence. You don’t get to draw all the cards at once and then put them all back at once.
You always perform your normal draw before this ability. The normal draw occurs before anything can be placed on the stack during a player’s draw step.
You can put back zero, one, or two cards.
It’s not possible to take any actions between drawing the cards and choosing two cards. You can’t cast the cards you drew to avoid having two cards to choose.
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