Elder Mastery
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas 68 • uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
- Collector number
- 68
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana black mana red mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black · Red · Blue
- Artist
- Dave Allsop
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has flying.
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a player, that player discards two cards.
Taste his power, hunger for his command.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Elder Mastery was released in 2011 as part of the Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas set, a product designed to showcase the thematic rivalry between the mono-white Planeswalker Ajani Goldmane and the elder dragon Nicol Bolas. The card serves as a mechanical representation of Bolas’s oppressive influence, functioning as an aura that grants a creature the ability to force an opponent to discard two cards whenever that creature deals combat damage.
The artwork for this card was created by illustrator Raymond Swanland, whose distinctively sharp, high-contrast style became a hallmark of the era’s card aesthetics. Swanland’s design emphasizes the chaotic, swirling energy characteristic of Bolas’s Grixis-aligned magic, reinforcing the card's narrative role as a tool for dismantling an opponent's resources through psychological and intellectual dominance.
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