Living Library
Reality Fracture 172 • common
- Set
- Reality Fracture
- Collector number
- 172
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jarel Threat
What it does
6 generic mana, Sacrifice this creature: Choose target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. Its owner shuffles it into their library.
"Too many lives have been cut short, too many of their futures untold. I can rewrite them. I can give them a voice."— The Theorist, Jace Beleren
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Living Library, designated as card number 172 in the Reality Fracture set, emerged as part of a thematic expansion exploring concepts of multiversal archives and fragmented temporal histories. The design aesthetic leans into surrealist imagery, utilizing architectural elements that blur the lines between organic growth and organized information storage to reflect the set's core narrative of reality collapsing into a repository of knowledge.
The card was conceived during a period when the design team was experimenting with high-concept, abstract representations of game mechanics. Illustrators aimed to evoke a sense of infinite scale, focusing on a palette of muted, ethereal tones that set the piece apart from the more saturated visuals of the base set. Upon its release, it was noted by players for its technical complexity and the atmospheric quality of its visual presentation.
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About Living Library
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