---
name: "Thought Vessel"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "1665"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jackson Epstein"
oracle_id: "9965d9c5-2ebf-4a6c-930e-55c5890979be"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thought-vessel-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Thought Vessel
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

> *"Don't touch that! That's where I keep my most terrible ideas!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Decanter of Endless Water](/printing/decanter-of-endless-water-clb.md) — Artifact
2. [Venser's Journal](/printing/vensers-journal-som.md) — Artifact — Book
3. [Reliquary Tower](/printing/reliquary-tower-plst.md) — Land
4. [Spellbook](/printing/spellbook-10e.md) — Artifact — Book
5. [Anvil of Bogardan](/printing/anvil-of-bogardan-vis.md) — Artifact
6. [Graceful Adept](/printing/graceful-adept-chk.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1665
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jackson Epstein
- **Total Printings:** 118 across all historical editions

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