---
name: "Arcane Encyclopedia"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact — Book"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "297"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Victor Harmatiuk"
oracle_id: "d91ea728-2d69-42cb-bb5d-e2b058f0d7b1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/arcane-encyclopedia-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Arcane Encyclopedia
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact — Book

## Oracle Text
{3}, {T}: Draw a card.

> *A quill from the First Reader at Candlekeep, the spectacles of the Most Holy Servant of Gond, a woven bookmark from the Caleph Arcane of Calimport: readers always leave something of themselves behind.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Jayemdae Tome](/printing/jayemdae-tome-5ed.md) — Artifact — Book
2. [Fool's Tome](/printing/fools-tome-plst.md) — Artifact — Book
3. [Jalum Tome](/printing/jalum-tome-cmr.md) — Artifact — Book
4. [Heirloom Epic](/printing/heirloom-epic-blb.md) — Artifact — Book
5. [Reach Through Mists](/printing/reach-through-mists-dds.md) — Instant — Arcane
6. [Archivist](/printing/archivist-8ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #297
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Victor Harmatiuk
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`