Defiant Strike
Strixhaven Mystical Archive 3 • uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Collector number
- 3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Dominik Mayer
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
"For twelve days and twelve nights, Somat assailed the monster's shell. On the thirteenth morning, it cracked with the dawn."— *Heroics: A Book of Fables*
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Defiant Strike was reimagined for the Strixhaven: School of Mages Mystical Archive, a specialized set of sixty-three iconic instant and sorcery spells. This variant was released in April 2021 as a curated celebration of Magic: The Gathering history, featuring unique, theme-appropriate art styles that drew from the aesthetic sensibilities of the five colleges of Strixhaven University.
The illustration for this specific card was crafted to reflect the academic and magical atmosphere of the set, emphasizing the elegant, script-heavy design language consistent with the archive's theme. It was received positively by the community for its stylized art, which departed from the card's original utilitarian visual identity to offer a more sophisticated, parchment-inspired look suitable for a premium collector's subset.
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