---
name: "Volo, Guide to Monsters"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "PAFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos"
collector_number: "238p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "f105960e-6609-4192-afc0-e243013b7cc1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/volo-guide-to-monsters-pafr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Volo, Guide to Monsters
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast a creature spell that doesn't share a creature type with a creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, copy that spell. (A copy of a creature spell becomes a token.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Volo, Itinerant Scholar](/printing/volo-itinerant-scholar-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Silverquill Lecturer](/printing/silverquill-lecturer-m3c.md) — Creature — Kor Wizard
3. [Donal, Herald of Wings](/printing/donal-herald-of-wings-voc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Beamsplitter Mage](/printing/beamsplitter-mage-grn.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
5. [Riku of Two Reflections](/printing/riku-of-two-reflections-2xm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Veyran, Voice of Duality](/printing/veyran-voice-of-duality-soc.md) — Legendary Creature — Efreet Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #238p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

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