Grell Philosopher
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Horror Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 4
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #666 (rare)
- Price
- $0.63 USD
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.
Grell Philosopher has 2 printings, first in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). EDHREC ranks it #8,716 among Commander cards. It appears most in Captain N'ghathrod decks (10,312 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Grell Philosopher
- Mind Flayarrrs - Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate, led by Captain N'ghathrod
Commanders that run Grell Philosopher most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Captain N'ghathrod: 10,312 decks
- Umbris, Fear Manifest: 2,822 decks
- Nihiloor: 132 decks
- Zellix, Sanity Flayer: 15 decks
Often played with Grell Philosopher
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- : 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 “{7}, {T}, Sacrifice Universal Solvent: Destroy target permanent.” If Grell Philosopher gained that ability, you'd treat it as though it said “{7}, {T}, Sacrifice Grell Philosopher: Destroy target permanent.”