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Body of Knowledge

Creature — Avatar MV 5

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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

Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

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.

Decks running it 2
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Ms. Bumbleflower 1 0 —
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Simic 1 deck
  • Bant 1 deck

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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.

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 — a name search across every version, for 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.