Venser's Journal

Commander 2016 · #279 · rare · EN

€4.37

cheapest of 19 store offers · see all

market $10.18

Mana cost: {5}

Type: Artifact — Book

Commonly played as: Lifegain

You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.

Artist: Christopher Moeller

Released: 2016-11-11

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $10.18
  • Cardmarket: €4.69
  • MTGO tix: 0
$10.18$8.74
236 days of daily prices for Venser's Journal: $8.90 to $10.18
2026-01-252026-11-12
236 days tracked · $8.90 → $10.18 (+14%) · low $8.74 · high $10.18
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Commander 2016 #279) in 9 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€4.37today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$6.42today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$6.93today
CardTraderHP · 6 days agoHPregular€6.846 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$7.61today
CardTraderMP · 6 days agoMPregular€7.146 days ago
CardTraderSP · 6 days agoSPregular€7.566 days ago
Le Valet De CoeurNM · todayNMregularCA$11.99today
Card KingdomSP · 3 days agoSPregular$8.793 days ago

Truncated: 10 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 19 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 8 lists
  • Played in 2 decks
  • 10 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

  • Odds and Ends {B}{U}{W}1 copy · 100 cards · bracket 2 · official precon
  • Stalwart Unity {G}{R}{U}{W}1 copy · 100 cards · bracket 2 · official precon

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All printings of Venser's Journal

USD · low $4.21 · high $10.18

Set#RarityUSD
The List#C21-273 · rareC21-273rare$4.21
Commander 2021#273 · rare273rare$8.08
Commander 2016#279 · rare279rare$10.18
Scars of Mirrodin#220 · rare220rare$10.05