Body of Knowledge
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Body of Knowledge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw that many cards.
Combos with Body of Knowledge
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Niv-Mizzet, Parun Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers
- Infinite card draw
- Orcish Bowmasters Wrong Turn Infinite
- Target opponent loses the game
- Infinite card draw for target opponent
- Infinite draw triggers for target opponent
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature token
- The Locust God Terror of the Peaks Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- The Locust God Warstorm Surge Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought Laboratory Maniac Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers
- Win the game
- Infinite card draw
- Ormos, Archive Keeper Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought Jace, Wielder of Mysteries Infinite
- Win the game
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- The Locust God Reckless Assault Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite colorless mana
- Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
- Near-infinite creature ETB
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2020-11-10
Creatures may be dealt damage greater than their toughness. For example, if Body of Knowledge is a 3/3 creature and a source deals 5 damage to it, you'll draw five cards. Note that if Body of Knowledge is dealt lethal damage, it dies before the cards are drawn, meaning they won't raise Body of Knowledge's toughness in time to save it.
- 2020-11-10
As long as Body of Knowledge is in your hand, its ability will count itself.
- 2020-11-10
The ability that defines Body of Knowledge's power and toughness applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Body of Knowledge, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms. Bumbleflower | 3 | 0 | — |
| Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | 1 | 0 | — |
| Zimone, Mystery Unraveler | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Bant 3 decks
- Simic 1 deck
- Izzet 1 deck
Body of Knowledge price history
The Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander #112 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.31 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Body of Knowledge
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
- Normal
- $0.37
- Normal
- $0.33
- Normal
- $0.34
- Foil
- $0.53
Extended Art
- Normal
- $2.17
- Foil
- $4.44
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Body of Knowledge. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
