Grell Philosopher
~$0.48 low · ~$0.62 high
Blue. Creature — Horror Wizard

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #666 · Illustrated by David Astruga
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Cheapest copy
~$0.48
Extended Art non-foil · Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #616
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~$0.62
Non-foil · Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #666
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Oracle text
Aberrant Tinkering — When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, each Horror you control gains all activated abilities of target artifact an opponent controls until end of turn. You may spend blue mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.
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Format legality
All 2 printings of Grell Philosopher
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate clb #616· 2022Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.29 | rare | $0.48 | €0.29 | |
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate clb #666· 2022rare· Cardmarket €0.49 | rare | $0.62 | €0.49 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2022
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #8,641 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Aberrant Tinkering
- Artist
- David Astruga
Rulings (3)
2022-06-10
Grell Philosopher causes Horrors to gain only activated abilities. They don't gain keyword abilities (unless those keyword abilities are activated), triggered abilities, or static abilities.
2022-06-10
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
2022-06-10
The granted abilities effectively use “this permanent” rather than “[that card's name],” so you treat the abilities as if they were printed on the creature that gained the ability. For example, say the artifact was Universal Solvent, which has the ability “
,
, Sacrifice Universal Solvent: Destroy target permanent.” If Grell Philosopher gained that ability, you'd treat it as though it said “
,
, Sacrifice Grell Philosopher: Destroy target permanent.”
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