Magic: The Gathering

Patron Wizard

Secret Lair Drop 1002 • rare

Set: Secret Lair Drop
Collector number: 1002
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: blue mana blue mana blue mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Blue
Artist: Volkan Baǵa
Market price: $5.87

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$5.87market price via TCGplayer · Aug 19, 2026$5.73 – $6.10 over the tracked period

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What it does

Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Counter target spell unless its controller pays 1 generic mana.

„Achte immer auf die Schatten der alten Meister. Sie waren vor dir da und werden noch lange nach dir da sein."— Aus Donatos gesammelten Weisheiten

Formats

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StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Patron Wizard originated in the 2001 Magic: The Gathering set Odyssey, designed as a cornerstone of blue-aligned wizard tribal decks. It reflects a mechanical era focused on board control and tempo, rewarding players for flooding the field with wizard-type creatures to make opposing spells prohibitively expensive to cast.

This specific iteration was released as part of a specialized Secret Lair drop, a series of curated reprints featuring unique artistic reimbursements. Artist Volkan Baǵa reimagined the card with a lush, painterly aesthetic that emphasizes the character's scholarly stature and mystical authority, moving away from the more traditional fantasy illustration style of the original print.

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