---
name: "Vhal, Scholar of Creation"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: ["Seek"]
set: "HBG"
set_name: "Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "8g"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "David Gaillet"
oracle_id: "189a8465-ad45-43fc-a65e-728930a48524"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vhal-scholar-of-creation-hbg"
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"
---

# Vhal, Scholar of Creation
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Seek

## Oracle Text
When this creature specializes, remove all study counters from it. Seek two creature cards with mana value less than or equal to the number of study counters removed this way. Put one of them onto the battlefield and shuffle the other into your library.
{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Excogitator Sphinx](/printing/excogitator-sphinx-ymkm.md) — Creature — Sphinx Detective
3. [Klement, Knowledge Acolyte](/printing/klement-knowledge-acolyte-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Tiefling Cleric
4. [Chaos Balor](/printing/chaos-balor-hbg.md) — Creature — Demon
5. [Worldweave](/printing/worldweave-yeoe.md) — Enchantment
6. [Chomping Mastasaur](/printing/chomping-mastasaur-ydft.md) — Creature — Dinosaur

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #8g
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** David Gaillet

## 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`