Living Lectern
Wilds of Eldraine 59 • common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Collector number
- 59
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Chris Seaman
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
1 generic mana, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card. Create a Sorcerer Role token attached to up to one other target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.")
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Living Lectern was released as part of the Wilds of Eldraine set in 2023, drawing inspiration from the whimsical and often perilous tropes of European fairy tales. The card reflects the set's focus on magical objects brought to life, a recurring theme in the high-fantasy plane of Eldraine, where artifacts frequently exhibit autonomy or consciousness due to the abundance of ambient mana.
The illustration was crafted by artist Antonio José Manzanedo, who utilized the card's common rarity to emphasize the creature's functional yet eerie design. By blending the sturdy architecture of a library fixture with the uncanny suggestion of sentient movement, the design evokes the atmospheric storytelling intended for this set, receiving recognition for its thematic cohesion with the set's broader exploration of living inanimate objects.
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