Grell Philosopher
Creature — Horror Wizard
Grell Philosopher
Creature — Horror Wizard
Card 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.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- Power / Toughness
- 1 / 4
- EDHREC Rank
- #8,036
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (14)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #616 | rare | en | David Astruga | $0.46 | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | en | David Astruga | $0.60 | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #616 | rare | de | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | de | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | es | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | fr | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #616 | rare | fr | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | it | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #616 | rare | ja | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | ja | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | pt | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | ru | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | zhs | David Astruga | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #666 | rare | zht | David Astruga | — | — |
Official Rulings (3)
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.”
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.
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