diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/t/TheBookOfVileDarkness.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/t/TheBookOfVileDarkness.java
index 9e871d501be..dc39217f411 100644
--- a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/t/TheBookOfVileDarkness.java
+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/t/TheBookOfVileDarkness.java
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ class TheBookOfVileDarknessEffect extends OneShotEffect {
 
     TheBookOfVileDarknessEffect() {
         super(Outcome.Benefit);
-        staticText = "create Vecna, a legendary 8/8 black Zombie God creature token " +
-                "with indestructible and all triggered abilities of the exiled cards";
+        staticText = "create Vecna, a legendary 8/8 black Zombie God creature token "
+                + "with indestructible and all triggered abilities of the exiled cards";
     }
 
     private TheBookOfVileDarknessEffect(final TheBookOfVileDarknessEffect effect) {
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ class TheBookOfVileDarknessEffect extends OneShotEffect {
         }
         Token token = new VecnaToken();
         for (MageObjectReference mor : morSet) {
-            Card card = mor.getCard(game);
+            // the card object in the mor doesn't work, so the permanent object is used
+            Permanent card = mor.getPermanentOrLKIBattlefield(game);
             if (card == null) {
                 continue;
             }