Elite Spellbinder
Secret Lair Countdown 2021 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Countdown
- Collector number
- 2021
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Alexis Ziritt
- Market price
- $0.63
What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, look at target opponent's hand. You may exile a nonland card from it. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may play it. A spell cast this way costs 2 generic mana more to cast.
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
Elite Spellbinder was originally introduced in the 2021 Magic: The Gathering set Strixhaven: School of Mages, designed as a powerful human cleric capable of disrupting an opponent's strategy by exiling a card from their hand. This specific version was released as part of the 2021 Secret Lair Countdown Kit, a limited-time collection that acted as an advent calendar, revealing one unique card each day leading up to the holiday season.
The artwork for this iteration was created by Magali Villeneuve, a prominent illustrator in the fantasy gaming space known for her ethereal and detailed character designs. The Secret Lair treatment utilized a unique, thematic art style intended to elevate the card from a standard functional game piece to a collectible art object, emphasizing the mystical and intellectual aesthetic central to the Strixhaven campus.
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