---
name: "Pensive Professor"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Increment"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "63"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Billy Christian"
oracle_id: "4b8736e2-fc41-4a25-bb6c-7351afc40981"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pensive-professor-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pensive Professor
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/2
- **Keywords:** Increment

## Oracle Text
Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card.

> *"Para una mente paciente no hay problema que no se pueda resolver".*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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3. [Erudite Wizard](/printing/erudite-wizard-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Archmage Emeritus](/printing/archmage-emeritus-spg.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Topiary Lecturer](/printing/topiary-lecturer-sos.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #63
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Billy Christian
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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