Grell Philosopher

{2}{U}

Creature — Horror Wizard

CLBCommander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate#616rare
Extended Art
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 27–148
Illustrator
David Astruga
Found in
Commander Legends Battle for Baldurs Gate Collector Booster Hanger Pack · Commander Legends Battle for Baldurs Gate Collector Booster Pack · Commander Legends Battle for Baldurs Gate Collector Booster Sample Pack
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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.
1/4
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.45
$0.20 low-$0.10 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.45· across 2 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Jun 10, 2022 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJun 10, 2022

    Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.

  • WotCJun 10, 2022

    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.

  • WotCJun 10, 2022

    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.”