---
name: "Grell Philosopher"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Horror Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Aberrant Tinkering"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "616"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Astruga"
oracle_id: "d5dc00cb-1510-4ce9-8dd9-0722f65d34b4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grell-philosopher-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Grell Philosopher
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/4
- **Keywords:** Aberrant Tinkering

## Oracle Text
Aberrant Tinkering — 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Enlightened Maniac](/printing/enlightened-maniac-plst.md) — Creature — Human
2. [Spellskite](/printing/spellskite-nph.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
3. [Magus of the Unseen](/printing/magus-of-the-unseen-5ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Quicksilver Elemental](/printing/quicksilver-elemental-mrd.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Dimir Keyrune](/printing/dimir-keyrune-znc.md) — Artifact
6. [Grand Architect](/printing/grand-architect-2xm.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #616
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Astruga
- **Total Printings:** 14 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`