Boom Scholar
Creature — Goblin Advisor
DFTAetherdrift#189uncommon
Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 328
- Illustrator
- Brian Valeza
- Found in
- Aetherdrift MTGO Redemption · Aetherdrift Play Booster Pack · Aetherdrift Collector Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Exhaust abilities of other permanents you control cost 
less to activate.
Exhaust — 
: Creatures and Vehicles you control gain trample until end of turn. Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
3/3 less to activate.
Exhaust — : Creatures and Vehicles you control gain trample until end of turn. Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)Exhaust
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
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Finish
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Rulings
4 · latest Feb 7, 2025 · one tap opens all
- WotCFeb 7, 2025
Boom Scholar’s first ability can cause the mana component of the cost to activate an ability to be
. - WotCFeb 7, 2025
Exhaust abilities can be activated any time you could normally activate an ability.
- WotCFeb 7, 2025
If an ability triggers whenever you activate an exhaust ability, that ability resolves before the exhaust ability resolves.
- WotCFeb 7, 2025
If an exhaust ability of a permanent is activated, and then that permanent leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield, it becomes a new object so its exhaust ability can be activated again.