Boom Scholar
Creature — Goblin Advisor
Exhaust abilities of other permanents you control cost 
less to activate.
Exhaust — 
: Creatures and Vehicles you control gain trample until end of turn. Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
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- Set
- Aetherdrift (DFT #189)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 3
- Released
- 2025-02-14
- Artist
- Brian Valeza
- EDHREC rank
- #21,681
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-02-07
Boom Scholar’s first ability can cause the mana component of the cost to activate an ability to be
. - 2025-02-07
Exhaust abilities can be activated any time you could normally activate an ability.
- 2025-02-07
If an ability triggers whenever you activate an exhaust ability, that ability resolves before the exhaust ability resolves.
- 2025-02-07
If an exhaust ability of a permanent is activated, and then that permanent leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield, it becomes a new object so its exhaust ability can be activated again.