Baleful Mastery
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos 64p • rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Collector number
- 64p
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Chris Cold
- Market price
- $2.00
What it does
You may pay 1 generic mana black mana rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the 1 generic mana black mana cost was paid, an opponent draws a card.
Exile target creature or planeswalker.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Baleful Mastery was introduced in the 2021 Magic: The Gathering set Strixhaven: School of Mages. As a card featuring the 'exile' mechanic with a cost-reduction drawback, it was designed to provide black-aligned players with versatile removal options that balance immediate power with resource management for the opponent. It reflects the set's academic theme, focusing on the dark arts studied at the university.
The promotional version, numbered 64p, features distinct alternate art that adheres to the visual language established for the Strixhaven 'Mystical Archive' sub-series. This artistic direction emphasizes the aesthetic of arcane scrolls and magical textbooks, with the illustration intended to evoke the unsettling, academic nature of forbidden spells. The design was received by the player community as a staple utility card, noted for its efficiency in both Commander and Standard formats.
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