---
name: "Grandmother Goby"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MBC"
set_name: "Mystery Booster Commander Edition"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "DiTerlizzi"
oracle_id: "2d29c40a-4e13-4d99-bb5a-e991e385b8c2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grandmother-goby-mbc"
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"
---

# Grandmother Goby
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, counter that spell. Create a number of 1/1 blue Merfolk creature tokens equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell.

> *She wraps the fry nursery in nullwater so the ruckus of wayward mages doesn't bother the little ones.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lullmage Mentor](/printing/lullmage-mentor-zen.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
2. [Vodalian Mage](/printing/vodalian-mage-fem.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
3. [Cursecatcher](/printing/cursecatcher-shm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Vodalian Hexcatcher](/printing/vodalian-hexcatcher-dmu.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
5. [Deeproot Champion](/printing/deeproot-champion-pxln.md) — Creature — Merfolk Shaman
6. [Mystic Genesis](/printing/mystic-genesis-mm3.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mystery Booster Commander Edition (MBC) #9
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** DiTerlizzi

## 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`