---
name: "Reed Richards, Smartest Man"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Reach"]
set: "MSC"
set_name: "Marvel Super Heroes Commander"
collector_number: "636"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Palumbo"
oracle_id: "51f55021-04e0-49bf-8f1f-de2a578c95fc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/reed-richards-smartest-man-msc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Reed Richards, Smartest Man
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4
- **Keywords:** Reach

## Oracle Text
Reach
You have no maximum hand size.
The first time you would draw a card each turn except the first card you draw during each of your draw steps, you draw four cards instead.

> *"I believe that if you look hard enough, everything has an answer."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards](/printing/mister-fantastic-reed-richards-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero
2. [Mister Fantastic](/printing/mister-fantastic-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero
3. [Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan](/printing/ms-marvel-kamala-khan-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Mutant Inhuman Hero
4. [Oscorp Research Team](/printing/oscorp-research-team-om1.md) — Creature — Human Scientist
5. [Graceful Adept](/printing/graceful-adept-chk.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Learned Learner](/printing/learned-learner-cmb1.md) — Creature — Cephalid Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #636
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Palumbo
- **Total Printings:** 4 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`