---
name: "Volo, Itinerant Scholar"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Choose a background"]
set: "PCLB"
set_name: "Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos"
collector_number: "103s"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Andreas Zafiratos"
oracle_id: "9b61f5b1-7688-4336-8fe9-66da37a34df9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/volo-itinerant-scholar-pclb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Volo, Itinerant Scholar
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Choose a background

## Oracle Text
When Volo enters, create Volo's Journal, a legendary colorless Book artifact token with hexproof and "Whenever you cast a creature spell, note one of its creature types that hasn't been noted for Volo's Journal."
{2}, {T}: Draw a card for each creature type noted for target permanent you control named Volo's Journal.
Choose a Background

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Volo, Guide to Monsters](/printing/volo-guide-to-monsters-afr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Vhal, Scholar of Creation](/printing/vhal-scholar-of-creation-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Vhal, Eager Scholar](/printing/vhal-eager-scholar-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Wizards of the _____](/printing/wizards-of-the-unf.md) — Creature — Human Wizard Performer
5. [Vhal, Scholar of Prophecy](/printing/vhal-scholar-of-prophecy-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Ominous Traveler](/printing/ominous-traveler-ymid.md) — Creature — Human

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos (PCLB) #103s
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Andreas Zafiratos
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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