Cards/Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate/Grell Philosopher

Grell Philosopher

{2}{U}

Creature — Horror Wizard

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate·clb #616·Rare·2022·Art by David Astruga
StandardNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

— 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.

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Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Number
#616
Rarity
Rare
Artist
David Astruga
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil
USD
$0.45
EUR
0.44

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings3

6/10/2022·wotc

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.

6/10/2022·wotc

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

6/10/2022·wotc

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.”

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