Sparkmage Apprentice
Magic 2010 158 • common
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Collector number
- 158
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Jaime Jones
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to any target.
Sparkmages are performance artists of sorts, but pain is the price of admission.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Sparkmage Apprentice was printed as part of the Magic 2010 core set, released in July 2009. This set was a milestone for the game, marking the first time a core set featured new card designs alongside reprints, breaking a decade-long tradition of purely reprint-based core sets. The card was designed to function as a common-rarity creature that provided immediate value upon entering the battlefield, a design philosophy intended to help newer players understand the utility of 'enters the battlefield' triggers.
The artwork was illustrated by Dave Kendall, a long-time contributor to the Magic: The Gathering franchise. Kendall’s approach for the Apprentice was to capture the essence of a novice spellcaster struggling to control raw, volatile magical energy. The piece utilizes high-contrast lighting and dynamic motion to emphasize the danger of the apprentice's craft, fitting well within the set's effort to lean into more evocative, character-focused fantasy illustrations during the transition to the modern card frame.
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