---
name: "Body of Knowledge"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Avatar"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "BLC"
set_name: "Bloomburrow Commander"
collector_number: "163"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Clint Cearley"
oracle_id: "7fc6a5c1-f0da-42f6-93d0-6d94467e2ac0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/body-of-knowledge-blc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Body of Knowledge
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Avatar
- **Power/Toughness:** */*

## Oracle Text
Body of Knowledge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Price of Knowledge](/printing/price-of-knowledge-c13.md) — Enchantment
2. [Overbeing of Myth](/printing/overbeing-of-myth-eve.md) — Creature — Spirit Avatar
3. [Knowledge Is Power](/printing/knowledge-is-power-mkc.md) — Enchantment
4. [Learned Learner](/printing/learned-learner-cmb1.md) — Creature — Cephalid Wizard
5. [Rush of Knowledge](/printing/rush-of-knowledge-scg.md) — Sorcery
6. [Graceful Adept](/printing/graceful-adept-chk.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #163
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Clint Cearley
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`