Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz

Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz card image

Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz: Legendary Artifact - Book, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Artifact - Book
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
126
Artist
Randy Gallegos
Commander rank
3,912 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Transform

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About Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz

Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary artifact from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 126 in that set, with art by Randy Gallegos. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.62 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{T}, Sacrifice another artifact or creature: Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

{2}, {T}, Discard your hand: Transform Tarrian's Journal.

Though officially deemed a heretic for his reverent writings on Aclazotz, Tarrian is viewed as a holy martyr by the most radical sects of the Church of Dusk.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.62 (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 Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz

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

PrintingRarityYear
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #371Rare2023

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz, newest first.

  • The creature spell you cast will be a Vampire in addition to its other types while on the stack. The resulting creature will be a Vampire in addition to its other types.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions for creature spells you cast with the permission granted by The Tomb of Aclazotz's last ability. Normally, you'll be able to cast them only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
  • Finality counters work on any permanent, not only creatures. If a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.
  • Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant.
  • Finality counters don't stop permanents from going to zones other than the graveyard from the battlefield. For example, if a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into its owner's hand from the battlefield, it does so normally.
  • You don't choose which creature spell you're casting while activating or resolving The Tomb of Aclazotz's last ability. The ability creates a permission for you to cast a creature spell from your graveyard later in the turn.
  • If you somehow activate The Tome of Aclazotz's ability more than once during a turn, you can cast a creature spell for each ability's permission. Similarly, if another effect allows you to cast a creature spell from your graveyard, you may use that permission and later use The Tomb of Aclazotz's ability to cast another creature spell.
  • Finality counters aren't keyword counters, and a finality counter doesn't give any abilities to the permanent it's on. If that permanent loses its abilities and then would go to a graveyard, it will still be exiled instead.

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