Lim-Dûl's Vault
Secret Lair Countdown 1996 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Countdown
- Collector number
- 1996
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Wizard of Barge
- Market price
- $10.43
What it does
Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle and put the last cards you looked at this way on top in any order.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lim-Dûl's Vault is a card originally printed in the 1996 Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed as an artifact that allows players to manipulate the top of their library, reflecting the necromantic and manipulative themes associated with the character Lim-Dûl, a major antagonist in the Ice Age block's storyline. Mechanically, it provides a high degree of control over card selection, which has cemented its status as a staple in combo-oriented formats.
This specific iteration originates from the Secret Lair Countdown kit, a limited-release product designed to celebrate the history of the game through recurring artistic themes. The version released in the countdown set utilizes updated, high-fidelity card frames and specific collector numbering to distinguish it from the original 1996 printing. The design ethos for these Secret Lair releases focuses on honoring the aesthetic legacy of older cards while presenting them in a contemporary, highly collectible format for modern players.
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