Body of Knowledge is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official 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.
How it works : Body of Knowledge
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The ability that defines Body of Knowledge's power and toughness applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
As long as Body of Knowledge is in your hand, its ability will count itself.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Body of Knowledge + Niv-Mizzet, Parun
- 1Draw a card.
- 2Niv-Mizzet triggers, dealing 1 damage to Body of Knowledge.
- 3Body of Knowledge triggers, drawing you a card.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Break the loop by damaging a different target with Niv-Mizzet.
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Body of Knowledge
- 1Draw a card.
- 2Niv-Mizzet triggers, dealing 1 damage to Body of Knowledge.
- 3Body of Knowledge triggers, drawing you a card.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Break the loop by damaging a different target with Niv-Mizzet.
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought + Body of Knowledge + Laboratory Maniac
- 1Declare any creature as an attacker. Dawnsire triggers, dealing 100 damage to Body of Knowledge.
- 2Body 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.
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought + Body of Knowledge + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
- 1Declare any creature as an attacker. Dawnsire triggers, dealing 100 damage to Body of Knowledge.
- 2Body of Knowledge triggers, causing you to draw 100 cards and win the game when you would draw from an empty library due to Jace.
The Locust God + Body of Knowledge + Warstorm Surge
- 1Draw a card.
- 2The 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.
- 3Body of Knowledge triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
The Locust God + Body of Knowledge + Terror of the Peaks
- 1Draw a card.
- 2The 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.
- 3Body of Knowledge triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Ormos, Archive Keeper + Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought + Body of Knowledge
- 1Declare any creature as an attacker. Dawnsire triggers, dealing 100 damage to Body of Knowledge.
- 2Body 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
- 1Donate Body of Knowledge to an opponent that has two or more cards in hand, then deal nonlethal damage to it.
- 2Body of Knowledge triggers, causing its controller to draw that many cards.
- 3Orcish Bowmaster triggers for each card drawn. Resolve the first trigger, dealing 1 damage to Body of Knowledge and causing you to amass Orcs 1.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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