---
name: "Book Devourer"
mana_cost: "{5}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Trample"]
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "93"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "fb6d24cb-4e79-4d0c-b32f-47d5f709de1b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/book-devourer-grn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Book Devourer
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/5
- **Keywords:** Trample

## Oracle Text
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may discard all the cards in your hand. If you do, draw that many cards.

> *"Not my first edition of *The Advokist and the Urchin*!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Barbed Shocker](/printing/barbed-shocker-tsp.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Wayward Guide-Beast](/printing/wayward-guide-beast-prm.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Furyblade Vampire](/printing/furyblade-vampire-sir.md) — Creature — Vampire Berserker
4. [Thought Gorger](/printing/thought-gorger-roe.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Tar Fiend](/printing/tar-fiend-ala.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Doomskar Warrior](/printing/doomskar-warrior-mom.md) — Creature — Human Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #93
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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