Anvil of Bogardan

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Anvil of Bogardan: Artifact, Visions. Players have no maximum hand size. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}
Mana value
2
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Visions (VIS)
Released
1997-02-03
Collector number
141
Artist
Roger Raupp
Commander rank
5,209 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Reserved List
Yes

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About Anvil of Bogardan

Anvil of Bogardan is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Visions (VIS), an expansion set released in February 1997. It is collector number 141 in that set, with art by Roger Raupp. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. Visions is its only printing so far. It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $41.01 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Players have no maximum hand size.

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card, then discards a card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $41.01 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Anvil of Bogardan by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Anvil of Bogardan, newest first.

  • If there are two Anvils on the battlefield, they trigger and resolve separately. This means that you first draw one card and discard one card, and then do it again. You do not draw two cards and then discard two cards.
  • The triggered ability is put onto the stack after you have already drawn your card for the turn.
  • 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 Anvil of Bogardan 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.
  • If the draw part of the effect is skipped due to a replacement effect, the discard part of the effect is not skipped.

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