Archmage's Charm
Breaking News 8 • rare
- Set
- Breaking News
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Justine Mara Andersen
- Market price
- $2.02
What it does
Choose one —
• Counter target spell.
• Target player draws two cards.
• Gain control of target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Archmage's Charm was first introduced as a rare card in the Modern Horizons set for Magic: The Gathering in 2019. It was designed to provide a highly versatile, mana-intensive blue spell for high-level competitive play, offering players the choice of countering a spell, drawing two cards, or stealing a permanent with a mana value of one or less. The 'Breaking News' version is a specialized reprint featuring a unique, comic-book-inspired aesthetic that emphasizes the dynamic nature of the card's multi-modal utility.
The illustrative direction for the Breaking News variant shifts away from traditional fantasy art toward a pulp-noir visual style, mirroring the thematic rollout of the Outlaws of Thunder Junction set. By adopting this gritty, illustrated journalistic tone, the design team aimed to frame the card as a headline event. Upon release, this version became a sought-after aesthetic choice for players looking to differentiate their decks while maintaining the card's functional prominence in eternal formats like Modern.
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