Devastating Mastery
Strixhaven: School of Mages 14 • rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Collector number
- 14
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana white mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Jake Murray
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
You may pay 2 generic mana white mana white mana rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the 2 generic mana white mana white mana cost was paid, an opponent chooses up to two nonland permanents they control and returns them to their owner's hand.
Destroy all nonland permanents.
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
Devastating Mastery was introduced in the 2021 Magic: The Gathering set Strixhaven: School of Mages, a top-down expansion themed around a magical university. Designed to capture the flavor of a high-stakes, board-sweeping sorcery spell, the card reflects the set's focus on instant and sorcery-based gameplay. Mechanically, it offers a powerful board wipe with a built-in catch—the ability to return nonland permanents to their owners' hands—which serves as a strategic balancing act common in modern white-aligned control cards.
The artwork was illustrated by Magali Villeneuve, a prominent figure in the Magic: The Gathering community known for her detailed and ethereal fantasy style. Her design for this piece focuses on the catastrophic scale of the magic being unleashed, utilizing composition and lighting to emphasize the 'mastery' mentioned in the title. Upon release, the card saw varied reception, often discussed by players for its role in the Commander format as a versatile, if risky, tool for resetting a crowded battlefield.
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