Draft from a Spellbook

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Drafting from a spellbook is digital-only: it appears on MTG Arena / Alchemy cards and does not appear in paper Magic.

How it works

• Cards with this ability trigger "draft a card from [this card]'s spellbook" off some condition, such as the card dying, being sacrificed, or a land entering the battlefield under your control.
• The spellbook is a pool of cards tied specifically to that printed card by name; different cards each have their own spellbook.
• Break Expectations specifies its drafted card is revealed ("that player drafts a card from Break Expectations's spellbook and reveals it"), which implies a drafted card isn't shown to opponents by default.

Rules notes

• The oracle text here doesn't state which zone a drafted card lands in or how many options you see when you draft, only that you "draft a card from [source]'s spellbook."