---
name: "Richard Garfield, Ph.D."
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Designer"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "UNH"
set_name: "Unhinged"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dave Dorman"
oracle_id: "f2a71b45-85dd-448c-9dc0-6564b3411adf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/richard-garfield-phd-unh"
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"
---

# Richard Garfield, Ph.D.
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Designer
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
You may play cards as though they were other cards of your choice with the same mana cost. You can't choose the same card twice. (Mana cost includes color.)

> *And yea he doth spake: "Let there be Magic."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Magic Designer](/printing/magic-designer-unk.md) — Creature — Human Gamer
2. [Garth One-Eye](/printing/garth-one-eye-mh2.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Fourth Stage of Magic Design](/printing/fourth-stage-of-magic-design-unk.md) — Enchantment
4. [The Game-Changing Host](/printing/the-game-changing-host-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
5. [You, Magic Playtester](/printing/you-magic-playtester-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Gamer
6. [Magus of the Future](/printing/magus-of-the-future-tsr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unhinged (UNH) #44
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dave Dorman
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

## 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`