Lim-Dûl's Vault
Commander 2013 197 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Collector number
- 197
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- blue mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Wayne England
- Market price
- $5.60
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 originally debuted in the 1996 Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed as a high-utility artifact, it reflects the game's early focus on complex card manipulation and resource management. Its inclusion in the Commander 2013 preconstructed decks marked a significant return for the card, catering to the growing popularity of the Commander format by providing players with a powerful tool for deck-stacking and card selection.
The artwork for this version was produced by Volkan Baga, who brought a dark, visceral aesthetic to the necromantic theme of the card. By illustrating the artifact as a glowing, ominous container of forbidden knowledge, Baga visually reinforced the card's function of rearranging one's own library at the cost of life. The design was well-received by the player base for its strategic depth, cementing the card as a staple in black-aligned utility packages.
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