Maralen of the Mornsong
Legendary Creature — Elf Wizard
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player loses 3 life, searches their library for a card, puts it into their hand, then shuffles.
Maralen sent Veesa, Endry, and Iliona—the Vendilion clique—on the gravest of tasks.
Legal in
Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander
Rulings (6)
Maralen prevents players from drawing cards for any reason, including as a cost, as an effect, and as a result of the “draw a card” turn-based action during the draw step.
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While Maralen is on the battlefield, no player can lose the game due to being instructed to draw a card with an empty library.
2008-04-01
While Maralen is on the battlefield, a player can’t choose to draw cards (or choose to have another player draw cards) as a spell or ability resolves. For example, if you cast the Development side of Research // Development (“Put a 3/1 red Elemental creature token onto the battlefield unless any opponent lets you draw a card. Repeat this process two more times.”), you’ll put three Elemental tokens onto the battlefield because your opponents can’t “let you draw a card.”
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The effect of the triggered ability is mandatory. The life loss isn’t a payment; you’ll lose 3 life even if you have 3 or less life left. Unless your library is empty, you must put a card from your library into your hand.
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