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Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius

Legendary Creature — Bear Druid

Spells you cast from your graveyard or from exile cost {2} less to cast.
Plotting cards from your hand costs {2} less.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{G}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Price
$0.38
EDHREC rank
#2401
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Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius card art
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius lets you cast spells exiled by your own effects without paying their mana costs — a payoff that turns incidental exile from cards like Appa, Steadfast Guardian and Kellan, the Kid into free spells every turn. The cost is a fair three mana for a 3/3, and the ceiling is enormous any time your deck is already exiling cards as a resource.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kellan, the Kid

Kellan, the Kid

77.3% of decks · synergy 0.74

Kellan, the Kid exiles cards whenever you attack, and Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius converts every one of those exiled cards into a free cast — the two form a self-sustaining engine where attacking refuels your hand with zero mana investment.

02
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

79.4% of decks · synergy 0.73

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor exiles cards from opponents' libraries on damage, and Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius turns every stolen card into a spell you can cast for free, making the combination a consistent source of card advantage off your opponent's deck.

03
Loot, the Key to Everything

Loot, the Key to Everything

79.4% of decks · synergy 0.71

Loot, the Key to Everything exiles cards as part of its adventure and exploration mechanics, and Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius ensures none of that exiled material goes to waste — every exiled card becomes potential free mana acceleration or action.

04
Grolnok, the Omnivore

Grolnok, the Omnivore

67.9% of decks · synergy 0.66

Grolnok, the Omnivore mills your own library and exiles cards with croak counters, and Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius lets you cast all of it for free, turning the self-mill plan into a high-velocity threat that only accelerates as the game goes long.

05
Gorion, Wise Mentor

Gorion, Wise Mentor

64.7% of decks · synergy 0.62

Gorion, Wise Mentor augments creatures by casting spells from exile, and Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius provides the free casts that keep that loop going without draining your mana pool every turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius is a staple in any deck that exiles its own cards as part of its game plan — the free-cast ability scales with the number of exile effects in the 99, so it ranges from a value piece to a genuine engine depending on the build. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, free spells off exile are powerful in principle, but the three-mana body is slow for those formats and the payoff depends on a critical mass of exile enablers that most competitive lists can't reliably support. Legacy and Vintage have faster free-spell engines that make Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius redundant. Standard is the one 60-card format where it sees real play, particularly in decks built around Kellan, the Kid or similar adventure and exile synergies where the pieces already live.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

911 decks
Appa, Steadfast GuardianDoc Aurlock, Grizzled GeniusAang, Airbending Master

Appa, Steadfast GuardianDoc Aurlock, Grizzled GeniusAang, Airbending Master

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite experience counters; Infinite creature tokens at the beginning of your next upkeep

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Price Context

Current price

$0.38 bulk tier

At $0.38, Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or to slot into multiple Commander decks without budget pressure. Given its prevalence as a staple in exile-matters Commander builds, that price is likely to hold unless a future Standard ban or reprint significantly shifts demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.