Grell Philosopher
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Aberrant Tinkering — When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, each Horror you control gains all activated abilities of target artifact an opponent controls until end of turn. You may spend blue mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2022-06-10
Grell Philosopher causes Horrors to gain only activated abilities. They don't gain keyword abilities (unless those keyword abilities are activated), triggered abilities, or static abilities.
- 2022-06-10
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- 2022-06-10
The granted abilities effectively use “this permanent” rather than “[that card's name],” so you treat the abilities as if they were printed on the creature that gained the ability. For example, say the artifact was Universal Solvent, which has the ability “7, T, Sacrifice Universal Solvent: Destroy target permanent.” If Grell Philosopher gained that ability, you'd treat it as though it said “7, T, Sacrifice Grell Philosopher: Destroy target permanent.”
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Grell Philosopher, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain N'ghathrod | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Dimir 1 deck
Every version of Grell Philosopher
2 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.
Extended Art
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Normal
- $0.48
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Normal
- $0.72
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Grell Philosopher. 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.
