River Song's Diary

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River Song's Diary: Artifact - Book, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact - Book
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
182
Artist
Tatiana Veryayskaya
Commander rank
6,051 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Imprint

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About River Song's Diary

River Song's Diary is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 182 in that set, with art by Tatiana Veryayskaya. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Imprint - Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell from their hand, exile it instead of putting it into a graveyard as it resolves.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more cards exiled with this artifact, choose one of them at random. You may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.68 (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 River Song's Diary by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of River Song's Diary

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #1051Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #460Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #787Rare2023

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to River Song's Diary.

  • You cast the spell as part of the resolution of the last ability. You can't wait and cast the spell at a later time.

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