Baleful Mastery
Strixhaven: School of Mages 64 • rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Collector number
- 64
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Chris Cold
- Market price
- $3.20
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 released in 2021 as part of the Strixhaven: School of Mages expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set within the multiversal university of Strixhaven, the card features the school's signature style of blending high-fantasy tropes with academic themes, specifically representing the dark arts curriculum of the Witherbloom college. It was designed as a versatile black spell, offering players a powerful removal effect that balances its efficiency with a strategic trade-off for the opponent.
The card's artwork was illustrated by Dominik Mayer, whose distinct, painterly aesthetic emphasizes the dramatic and sometimes grotesque nature of magical experimentation. Mayer’s work was received favorably by the community for capturing the brooding, scholarly atmosphere of Witherbloom. The design reflects the set's broader mechanical goal of providing players with meaningful decisions, where the cost of removing a major threat is mitigated by providing the opponent with a card draw.
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