The Book of Vile Darkness
- Mana cost
- {B}{B}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Artifact — Book
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos #91a (mythic)
At the beginning of your end step, if you lost 2 or more life this turn, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
{T}, Exile The Book of Vile Darkness and artifacts you control named Eye of Vecna and Hand of Vecna: Create Vecna, a legendary 8/8 black Zombie God creature token with indestructible and all triggered abilities of the exiled cards.
The Book of Vile Darkness has 6 printings, first in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (2021). EDHREC ranks it #15,418 among Commander cards. It appears most in Acererak the Archlich decks (548 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run The Book of Vile Darkness most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Acererak the Archlich: 548 decks
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch: 140 decks
- Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter: 96 decks
- Asmodeus the Archfiend: 33 decks
- Morinfen: 30 decks
- Gallowbraid: 25 decks
- Ebondeath, Dracolich: 21 decks
- Orcus, Prince of Undeath: 15 decks
Often played with The Book of Vile Darkness
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The Book of Vile Darkness has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, the triggered abilities that Vecna gains are part of its copiable values. This means any enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities it gains (such as the one from Eye of Vecna) will trigger.
- : In the vast majority of cases, Vecna will gain the triggered ability printed on Hand of Vecna and the two triggered abilities printed on Eye of Vecna.
- : In some strange cases, you might make something into a copy of the Eye and/or Hand of Vecna and then exile that copy to activate The Book of Vile Darkness's ability. The ability that creates Vecna will look at the cards in exile, not the permanents on the battlefield, so it's possible to have Vecna gain different triggered abilities.