Meddling Mage
Alara Reborn 8 • rare
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- white mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue · White
- Artist
- Todd Lockwood
- Market price
- $2.46
What it does
As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name.
Spells with the chosen name can't be cast.
"This violent wasteland is an indictment of its people. These cowards lack the will to oppose disorder."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlBanned
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Meddling Mage was originally designed as the winner of the 2000 Magic: The Gathering Invitational tournament. The card was created by Chris Pikula, who earned the right to design a card that would be printed in the game; he chose a mechanic that reflected his own style of play, focusing on reactive, tempo-oriented strategies. The card made its debut in the Invasion set, marking a significant moment in the game's history where a player's strategic preferences were immortalized in official tournament-legal cards.
This specific printing comes from the Alara Reborn expansion, released in 2009. The art for this version was provided by Ittoku Kuwazawa, who reimagined the mage within the vibrant, tri-colored aesthetic of the Alara block. While the original version is iconic for its competitive history, this reprinting brought the utility of the 'name-a-card' effect to a new generation of players, cementing its status as a staple for control archetypes in various competitive formats.
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