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
- $0.36
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 released in 2021 as part of the Strixhaven: School of Mages expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set is themed around an elite university for magical study, and the card represents a powerful board-clearing spell that reflects the scholarly yet destructive nature of the set's mages. As a rare sorcery, it serves as a strategic tool for resetting the battlefield, balanced by a unique 'choose two' clause that allows opponents to return nonland permanents to their hands, emphasizing the intellectual trade-offs common in the game's design.
The card was illustrated by Jake Murray, a freelance artist known for his dynamic character work and environmental storytelling within the fantasy genre. Murray sought to capture the overwhelming scale of a high-level magical event, utilizing dramatic lighting and a sense of explosive energy to convey the spell's mechanical impact. The artwork was well-received for its clear communication of the card's theme, effectively bridging the gap between the chaotic nature of the effect and the academic aesthetic of the Strixhaven campus.
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