Library of Leng Price
15 printings · 14 sets · first printed 1993
Library of Leng has been printed 15 times across 14 sets, first in 1993 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Fourth Edition #333 at $3.21, while the most expensive is Summer Magic / Edgar #261 at $400.00 — about 125× more. The median across 12 priced printings is $18.99. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 15x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Masters Edition IV).
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Every Library of Leng Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fourth Edition #333 (U) Cheapest | 1995 | $3.21 | $0.40 |
| Revised Edition #261 (U) | 1994 | $3.50 | $0.40 |
| Fifth Edition #387 (U) | 1997 | $5.35 | $0.85 |
| Special Guests #158 (M) | 2026 | $8.65 | $6.00 |
| Collectors' Edition #258 (U) | 1993 | $11.77 | $6.50 |
| Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #333 (U) | 1995 | $17.00 | — |
| Foreign Black Border #261 (U) | 1994 | $20.99 | — |
| Unlimited Edition #258 (U) | 1993 | $21.34 | — |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #254 (U) | 2022 | $23.60 | $5.00 |
| Limited Edition Beta #258 (U) | 1993 | $87.67 | $65.00 |
| Limited Edition Alpha #257 (U) | 1993 | $152.09 | — |
| Summer Magic / Edgar #261 (U) | 1994 | $400.00 | — |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #551 (U) | 2022 | — | $49.00 |
| Masters Edition IV #211 (C) | 2011 | — | — |
| Intl. Collectors' Edition #258 (U) | 1993 | — | $9.75 |
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If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 15 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
9 PrecedentsYou can look at a randomly discarded card before deciding where it goes.
The ability replaces the normal discard action with a discard action that puts the card on the library instead of the graveyard.
The discard triggers anything else that triggers on discards.
The ability applies any time a spell or ability has you discard as part of its effect. It does not matter if you or your opponent control the spell or ability. The discard is forced because it is an effect.
You can't use the Library of Leng ability to place a discarded card on top of your library when you discard a card as a cost, because costs aren't effects.
If more than one card is discarded due to a single effect, the Library allows you to decide whether or not to use it on each of the cards. You get to decide the order the cards are placed on the library if more than one goes there.
This effect has no effect on the cards being put into the graveyard from a library, because they are not "discarded".
Since the card goes directly to the library, the card is not revealed unless the spell or ability requiring the discard specifically says it is.
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 Library of Leng onto the battlefield, you'll have no maximum hand size. However, if those permanents entered in the opposite order, your maximum hand size would be two.