Venser's Journal
Venser's Journal: Artifact - Book, Commander 2021. You have no maximum hand size. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Artifact - Book
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander 2021 (C21)
- Released
- 2021-04-23
- Collector number
- 273
- Artist
- Christopher Moeller
- Commander rank
- 1,980 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Venser's Journal
Venser's Journal is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Commander 2021 (C21), a Commander product released in April 2021. It is collector number 273 in that set, with art by Christopher Moeller. It costs {5} (five generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Scars of Mirrodin (2010) to Commander 2021 (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $8.50 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.
A Planeswalker's chronicle spans worlds and civilizations, each page a lifetime.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $8.50 (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 Venser's Journal by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Venser's Journal
Venser's Journal has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #C21-273 | Rare | 2026 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #279 | Rare | 2016 |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #220 | Rare | 2010 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Venser's Journal.
- 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 Venser's Journal onto the battlefield, you'll have no maximum hand size. However, if those permanents enter in the opposite order, your maximum hand size would be two.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Venser's Journal is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.