Library of Leng
You have no maximum hand size.
If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.
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Legality
9 formatsB/R history
Rulings
9- 2004-10-04
If more than one card is discarded due to a single effect, the Library allows you to decide whether or not to use it on each of the cards. You get to decide the order the cards are placed on the library if more than one goes there.
- 2004-10-04
Since the card goes directly to the library, the card is not revealed unless the spell or ability requiring the discard specifically says it is.
- 2004-10-04
The ability applies any time a spell or ability has you discard as part of its effect. It does not matter if you or your opponent control the spell or ability. The discard is forced because it is an effect.
- 2004-10-04
The ability replaces the normal discard action with a discard action that puts the card on the library instead of the graveyard.
- 2004-10-04
The discard triggers anything else that triggers on discards.
- 2004-10-04
This effect has no effect on the cards being put into the graveyard from a library, because they are not "discarded".
- 2004-10-04
You can look at a randomly discarded card before deciding where it goes.
- 2004-10-04
You can't use the Library of Leng ability to place a discarded card on top of your library when you discard a card as a cost, because costs aren't effects.
- 2009-10-01
If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you put Null Profusion (an enchantment that says your maximum hand size is two) onto the battlefield and then put Library of Leng onto the battlefield, you'll have no maximum hand size. However, if those permanents entered in the opposite order, your maximum hand size would be two.
Versions
15| Set | No. | Year | Rarity | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPGSpecial Guests | 158 | 2023 | Mythic | Cynthia Sheppard |
| 30A30th Anniversary Edition | MX-17114 | 2022 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| 30A30th Anniversary Edition | MX-17429 | 2022 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| ME4Masters Edition IVOnline | 211 | 2011 | Common | Daniel Gelon |
| 5EDFifth Edition | MX-49624 | 1997 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| 4BBFourth Edition Foreign Black Border | MX-46550 | 1995 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| 4EDFourth Edition | MX-46917 | 1995 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| SUMSummer Magic / Edgar | MX-45756 | 1994 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
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| 3EDRevised Edition | MX-45130 | 1994 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| FBBForeign Black Border | MX-44824 | 1994 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| CEDCollectors' Edition | MX-43798 | 1993 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| CEIIntl. Collectors' Edition | MX-44189 | 1993 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| 2EDUnlimited Edition | MX-43489 | 1993 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| LEBLimited Edition Beta | MX-43173 | 1993 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
| LEALimited Edition Alpha | MX-42883 | 1993 | Uncommon | Daniel Gelon |
In sealed products
Pull odds for signed-in users| Product | Set | Chance | Foil | Expected copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Codex Bundle · Bundle | SOS | Odds free after sign-in | ||
| Magic 30th Anniversary Edition Booster Box · Booster box | 30A | Odds free after sign-in | ||
| Magic 30th Anniversary Edition Booster Pack · Booster pack | 30A | Odds free after sign-in | ||
| Fourth Edition Gift Box · Multiple decks | 4ED | Odds free after sign-in | ||
| Collectors Edition Box · Box set | CED | Odds free after sign-in | ||
| International Edition Box · Box set | CEI | Odds free after sign-in | ||
| Alpha Booster Box · Booster box | LEA | Odds free after sign-in | ||
| Beta Booster Box · Booster box | LEB | Odds free after sign-in | ||