The Book of Vile Darkness

The Book of Vile Darkness {B}{B}{B}

Legendary Artifact
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.
Related cards: Eye of Vecna Hand of Vecna
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  • 2021-07-23 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.
  • 2021-07-23 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.
  • 2021-07-23 The Book of Vile Darkness has received an update. The current Oracle text appears above. 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.
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Foreign names
  • 秽暗之书
  • 穢暗之書
  • Buch der niederträchtigen Dunkelheit
  • Le livre de noire vilénie
  • Il Libro delle Fosche Tenebre
  • 不浄なる暗黒の書
  • 비열한 어둠의 책
  • O Livro da Vil Escuridão
  • Книга Мерзкой Тьмы
  • El Libro de la Oscuridad Vil