Baneslayer Aspirant
Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019 3 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019
- Collector number
- 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Taylor Ingvarsson
- Market price
- $0.38
What it does
Baneslayer Aspirant gets +3/+3 and has flying, first strike, and lifelink as long as you have one or more emblems.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Baneslayer Aspirant was released in 2019 as part of the Mystery Booster Playtest Cards, a unique set of experimental designs included exclusively in the Mystery Booster draft experience. These cards were created by Wizards of the Coast to mimic the aesthetic and feel of R&D playtest materials, often featuring placeholder art, unconventional mechanics, and handwritten-style design notes that provided players a rare, intimate look at the internal development process of Magic: The Gathering.
This specific card serves as a tongue-in-cheek riff on the iconic Baneslayer Angel, stripping the card down to a lower-cost, aspirant version that retains the core flavor of the original creature. The design aesthetic intentionally eschews the polished, final-product presentation of standard Magic cards in favor of a raw, prototype look, reflecting the iterative cycle of card balancing. It was received by the community as a prized curiosity, celebrated for its transparency into the game's design history and its limited, ephemeral nature as a draft-only inclusion.
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