Body of Knowledge
Body of Knowledge: Creature - Avatar, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Avatar
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- */*
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 112
- Artist
- Clint Cearley
- Commander rank
- 2,080 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Body of Knowledge
Body of Knowledge is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 112 in that set, with art by Clint Cearley. It costs {3}{U}{U} (three generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a */* creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Commander Legends (2020) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.43 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.43 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Body of Knowledge by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Body of Knowledge
Body of Knowledge has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #163 | Rare | 2024 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #85990 | Rare | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #59 | Rare | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #631 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Body of Knowledge, newest first.
- 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.
- As long as Body of Knowledge is in your hand, its ability will count itself.
- The ability that defines Body of Knowledge's power and toughness applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Body of Knowledge is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.