Body of Knowledge
Creature — Avatar*/*$0.33
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.
Legal in Commander
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Combos 19
Body of Knowledge + Niv-Mizzet, Parun
- Infinite card draw
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have a way to draw a card.
Steps
Draw a card. Niv-Mizzet triggers, dealing 1 damage to Body of Knowledge. Body of Knowledge triggers, drawing you a card. Repeat. Break the loop by damaging a different target with Niv-Mizzet.
Body of Knowledge + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
- Infinite card draw
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have a way to draw a card.
Steps
Draw a card. Niv-Mizzet triggers, dealing 1 damage to Body of Knowledge. Body of Knowledge triggers, drawing you a card. Repeat. Break the loop by damaging a different target with Niv-Mizzet.
Body of Knowledge + Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought + Laboratory Maniac
- Win the game
- Infinite card draw
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a creature that can attack this turn. Dawnsire has ten or more charge counters on it.
Steps
Declare any creature as an attacker. Dawnsire triggers, dealing 100 damage to Body of Knowledge. Body of Knowledge triggers, causing you to draw 100 cards and win the game when you would draw from an empty library due to Laboratory Maniac.
Body of Knowledge + Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
- Win the game
- Infinite card draw
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a creature that can attack this turn. Dawnsire has ten or more charge counters on it.
Steps
Declare any creature as an attacker. Dawnsire triggers, dealing 100 damage to Body of Knowledge. Body of Knowledge triggers, causing you to draw 100 cards and win the game when you would draw from an empty library due to Jace.
Body of Knowledge + The Locust God + Warstorm Surge
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have a way to draw a card.
Steps
Draw a card. The Locust God triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token with haste.The Insect enters the battlefield, triggering Warstorm Surge, causing the Insect to deal one damage to Body of Knowledge. Body of Knowledge triggers, causing you to draw a card. Repeat from step 2.
Body of Knowledge + The Locust God + Terror of the Peaks
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have a way to draw a card.
Steps
Draw a card. The Locust God triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token with haste.The Insect enters the battlefield, triggering Terror of the Peaks, dealing 1 damage to Body of Knowledge. Body of Knowledge triggers, causing you to draw a card. Repeat from step 2.
Body of Knowledge + Ormos, Archive Keeper + Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a creature that can attack this turn. Dawnsire has ten or more charge counters on it.
Steps
Declare any creature as an attacker. Dawnsire triggers, dealing 100 damage to Body of Knowledge. Body of Knowledge triggers, causing you to draw 100 cards. Once you've drawn your library, each subsequent draw will instead put five +1/+1 counters on Ormos.
Body of Knowledge + Orcish Bowmasters + Wrong Turn
- Target opponent loses the game
- Infinite card draw for target opponent
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature token
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
An opponent has two or more cards in hand. You have a way to deal nonlethal damage to Body of Knowledge after it is donated to an opponent.
Steps
Donate Body of Knowledge to an opponent that has two or more cards in hand, then deal nonlethal damage to it. Body of Knowledge triggers, causing its controller to draw that many cards. Orcish Bowmaster triggers for each card drawn. Resolve the first trigger, dealing 1 damage to Body of Knowledge and causing you to amass Orcs 1. Repeat from step 2.
Body of Knowledge + Orcish Bowmasters + Donate
- Target opponent loses the game
- Infinite card draw for target opponent
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature token
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
An opponent has two or more cards in hand. You have a way to deal nonlethal damage to Body of Knowledge after it is donated to an opponent.
Steps
Donate Body of Knowledge to an opponent that has two or more cards in hand, then deal nonlethal damage to it. Body of Knowledge triggers, causing its controller to draw that many cards. Orcish Bowmaster triggers for each card drawn. Resolve the first trigger, dealing 1 damage to Body of Knowledge and causing you to amass Orcs 1. Repeat from step 2.
Body of Knowledge + Orcish Bowmasters + Harmless Offering
- Target opponent loses the game
- Infinite card draw for target opponent
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature token
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
An opponent has two or more cards in hand. You have a way to deal nonlethal damage to Body of Knowledge after it is donated to an opponent.
Steps
Donate Body of Knowledge to an opponent that has two or more cards in hand, then deal nonlethal damage to it. Body of Knowledge triggers, causing its controller to draw that many cards. Orcish Bowmaster triggers for each card drawn. Resolve the first trigger, dealing 1 damage to Body of Knowledge and causing you to amass Orcs 1. Repeat from step 2.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.