The Book of Exalted Deeds
The Book of Exalted Deeds: Legendary Artifact - Book, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Artifact - Book
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR)
- Released
- 2021-07-23
- Collector number
- 4
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Commander rank
- 3,602 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About The Book of Exalted Deeds
The Book of Exalted Deeds is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white legendary artifact from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR), an expansion set released in July 2021. It is collector number 4 in that set, with art by Daniel Ljunggren. It costs {W}{W}{W} (three white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $9.93 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Angel creature token with flying.
{W}{W}{W}, {T}, Exile The Book of Exalted Deeds: Put an enlightened counter on target Angel. It gains "You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Activate only as a sorcery.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $9.93 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Book of Exalted Deeds by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of The Book of Exalted Deeds
The Book of Exalted Deeds has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #92622 | Mythic | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #AFR-4 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #359 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #4a | Mythic | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #4p | Mythic | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #4s | Mythic | 2021 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to The Book of Exalted Deeds, newest first.
- The Angel won't lose the ability it gains if it stops being an Angel after the ability resolves.
- The enlightenment counter placed by the last ability serves as a memory aid. It isn't connected to the granted ability. The Angel keeps that ability even if it loses the counter. Similarly, if the counter is somehow moved to another permanent, that permanent doesn't gain the ability.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
The Book of Exalted Deeds is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.