---
name: "Shellfish Scholar"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Rat Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Threshold", "Conjure"]
set: "YBLB"
set_name: "Alchemy: Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Michael Phillippi"
oracle_id: "97d573c9-e91d-438e-98e0-e0918f8d430c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shellfish-scholar-yblb"
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"
---

# Shellfish Scholar
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Rat Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Threshold, Conjure

## Oracle Text
Whenever Shellfish Scholar or another Rat you control enters, conjure a card named Think Twice into your graveyard.
Threshold — {T}: Spells you cast from your graveyard this turn cost {2} less to cast. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thought Shucker](/printing/thought-shucker-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Rogue
2. [Tidecaller Mentor](/printing/tidecaller-mentor-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Wizard
3. [Cephalid Sage](/printing/cephalid-sage-tor.md) — Creature — Octopus
4. [Mind Drill Assailant](/printing/mind-drill-assailant-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Warlock
5. [Mindwhisker](/printing/mindwhisker-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Wizard
6. [Persistent Marshstalker](/printing/persistent-marshstalker-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Bloomburrow (YBLB) #7
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Michael Phillippi

## 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`