---
name: "Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Choose a background"]
set: "PCLB"
set_name: "Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos"
collector_number: "72s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "cca15007-2faf-4696-a4c5-2d7b6c1ec5b5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gale-waterdeep-prodigy-pclb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Choose a background

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, you may cast up to one target card of the other type from your graveyard. If a spell cast from your graveyard this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gale, Conduit of the Arcane](/printing/gale-conduit-of-the-arcane-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Gale, Temporal Conduit](/printing/gale-temporal-conduit-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Scholar of Combustion](/printing/scholar-of-combustion-j25.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Quistis Trepe](/printing/quistis-trepe-fin.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Daring Waverider](/printing/daring-waverider-blb.md) — Creature — Otter Wizard
6. [Magus of the Will](/printing/magus-of-the-will-2xm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos (PCLB) #72s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **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`