Imperious Inkmage
Secrets of Strixhaven 195 • common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Collector number
- 195
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · White
- Artist
- Nathaniel Himawan
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Vigilance
When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
"It's not ego if you're flawless, darling."
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Imperious Inkmage was released in 2021 as part of the Strixhaven: School of Mages expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card represents the Silverquill College, one of the five magical institutions central to the set's narrative, which focuses on the magic of eloquence, ink, and spoken word. It was designed to mechanically support the white-black color identity, emphasizing themes of battlefield recursion and the synergy between creatures.
The artwork, illustrated by Greg Staples, captures the gothic academic aesthetic characteristic of the Strixhaven plane. Staples, a long-time contributor to the game, aimed to convey the ink-based manipulation central to Silverquill's identity. Upon release, the card was integrated into limited and constructed environments where players valued its utility in returning creatures from the graveyard to the hand, reinforcing the strategic identity of the set's Orzhov-aligned faction.
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