Grell Philosopher 
Creature — Horror Wizard1/4
Oracle text (EN)
Creature — Horror Wizard
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.
Printing details
- Set
- CLB · 616
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- David Astruga
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Prices
- €0.23 · $0.45
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| November 1, 2026 | €0.22 | €0.49 |
| October 31, 2026 | €0.23 | €0.49 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.26 | €0.49 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.09 trend €0.22 30-day avg €0.29 | low – trend €0.00 30-day avg – |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.49 with Zero from €0.49 | NM from – |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.33 | NM from – |
Cardmarket updated Nov 1, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 1, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Not legal
- modern Not legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Not legal
- competitivebrawl Not legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Not legal
- historic Not legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Not legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Not legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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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.
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Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
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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 “
, 
, Sacrifice Universal Solvent: Destroy target permanent.” If Grell Philosopher gained that ability, you'd treat it as though it said “, , Sacrifice Grell Philosopher: Destroy target permanent.”