Intellect Devourer
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Horror
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 4
- Set
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate #162 (rare)
Devour Intellect — When this creature enters, each opponent exiles a card from their hand until this creature leaves the battlefield.
Body Thief — You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Intellect Devourer has 4 printings, first in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). EDHREC ranks it #7,659 among Commander cards. It appears most in Tasha, the Witch Queen decks (3,164 on EDHREC). 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: legal
Commanders that run Intellect Devourer most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Tasha, the Witch Queen: 3,164 decks
- Umbris, Fear Manifest: 2,462 decks
- Captain N'ghathrod: 2,426 decks
- Xanathar, Guild Kingpin: 1,172 decks
- Gonti, Night Minister: 777 decks
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 616 decks
- Black Cat, Cunning Thief: 503 decks
- Nihiloor: 462 decks
Often played with Intellect Devourer
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You must still follow all normal timing rules for cards played this way. For example, you may play a land exiled this way only during your main phase and only if you haven't played a land yet this turn.
- : If Intellect Devourer leaves the battlefield before the Devour Intellect ability resolves, opponents won't exile any cards from their hands.
- : If a card exiled with the Devour Intellect leaves exile for any reason (most likely because it was played using the Body Thief ability), it won't be returned to the opponent's hand if Intellect Devourer leaves the battlefield.