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◇ Catalog #162

Intellect Devourer

DIGITAL ONLY

hbg·#162·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Brian Valeza

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '22

4 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,230 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Horror

Devour Intellect — When this creature enters, each opponent exiles a card from their hand until this creature leaves the battlefield. Body Thief — You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

2/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 3

2022-06-10wotc

You must still follow all normal timing rules for cards played this way. For example, you may play a land exiled this way only during your main phase and only if you haven't played a land yet this turn.

2022-06-10wotc

If Intellect Devourer leaves the battlefield before the Devour Intellect ability resolves, opponents won't exile any cards from their hands.

2022-06-10wotc

If a card exiled with the Devour Intellect leaves exile for any reason (most likely because it was played using the Body Thief ability), it won't be returned to the opponent's hand if Intellect Devourer leaves the battlefield.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from HBG — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #162 of *Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2022 Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate release.

Card type: Creature — Horror, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{B} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Devour Intellect and Body Thief.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,230 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Brian Valeza. Rarix catalogs 367 other cards credited to this artist.