---
name: "Intellect Devourer"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Devour Intellect", "Body Thief"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "132"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Brian Valeza"
oracle_id: "a06fa827-900b-46d4-8f48-b4e15964951a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/intellect-devourer-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Intellect Devourer
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4
- **Keywords:** Devour Intellect, Body Thief

## Oracle Text
Devour Intellect — When this creature enters, each opponent exiles a card from their hand until this creature leaves the battlefield.
Body Thief — You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Elder Brain](/printing/elder-brain-clb.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Yarok's Fenlurker](/printing/yaroks-fenlurker-m20.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Mesmeric Fiend](/printing/mesmeric-fiend-ddk.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
4. [Kheru Mind-Eater](/printing/kheru-mind-eater-pz2.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Devour Intellect](/printing/devour-intellect-afr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Brainstealer Dragon](/printing/brainstealer-dragon-clb.md) — Creature — Dragon Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #132
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Brian Valeza
- **Total Printings:** 17 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`