---
name: "Vexing Arcanix"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "8ED"
set_name: "Eighth Edition"
collector_number: "319"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "2fd5b7e5-496c-4f6d-85e0-256afb7544d1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vexing-arcanix-8ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Vexing Arcanix
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{3}, {T}: Target player chooses a card name, then reveals the top card of their library. If that card has the chosen name, that player puts it into their hand. Otherwise, they put it into their graveyard and this artifact deals 2 damage to them.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cursed Scroll](/printing/cursed-scroll-wc98.md) — Artifact
2. [Diviner's Lockbox](/printing/diviners-lockbox-m20.md) — Artifact
3. [Magus of the Scroll](/printing/magus-of-the-scroll-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Spoils of the Vault](/printing/spoils-of-the-vault-mrd.md) — Instant
5. [Tunnel Vision](/printing/tunnel-vision-rav.md) — Sorcery
6. [Petra Sphinx](/printing/petra-sphinx-leg.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eighth Edition (8ED) #319
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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