---
name: "Brood Astronomer"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Insect Scientist"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Draft from a spellbook"]
set: "YEOE"
set_name: "Alchemy: Edge of Eternities"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Antonio José Manzanedo"
oracle_id: "7a56bdd4-f70e-4abf-9cb7-1624be3288ce"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brood-astronomer-yeoe"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Brood Astronomer
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect Scientist
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Draft from a spellbook

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a land. If you do, draft a card from the Planets Spellbook and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. If you control a Planet with twelve or more charge counters on it, add three mana of any one color instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Seedship Agrarian](/printing/seedship-agrarian-eoe.md) — Creature — Insect Scientist
2. [Exploration Broodship](/printing/exploration-broodship-eoc.md) — Artifact — Spacecraft
3. [Larval Scoutlander](/printing/larval-scoutlander-eoe.md) — Artifact — Spacecraft
4. [Susur Secundi, Void Altar](/printing/susur-secundi-void-altar-peoe.md) — Land — Planet
5. [Nantuko Cultivator](/printing/nantuko-cultivator-mh1.md) — Creature — Insect Druid
6. [Volatile Orbit](/printing/volatile-orbit-yeoe.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Edge of Eternities (YEOE) #18
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Antonio José Manzanedo

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