Wandering Mage
Mana cost
Mana value3TypeCreature — Human Cleric Wizard
Color identity Esper
RarityRare
SetMasters Edition III (ME3)
ArtistPete Venters
Price€0.96 · $1.92
Mana value3TypeCreature — Human Cleric Wizard
Color identity Esper
RarityRare
SetMasters Edition III (ME3)
ArtistPete Venters
Price€0.96 · $1.92Wandering Mage
Creature — Human Cleric Wizard
, Pay 1 life: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target Cleric or Wizard creature this turn., Put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target player or planeswalker this turn.0/3
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernNot legalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulLegal
Rulings
2009-10-01
The second ability checks that the targeted creature is a Cleric or Wizard only at the time the ability is activated and at the time it resolves. It doesn’t check at the time the damage is actually prevented.
2009-10-01
If you activate Wandering Mage’s third ability, you put the -1/-1 counter on a creature you control as a cost. That means it happens when you activate the ability, not when it resolves. If paying the cost causes the only creature you control to have 0 toughness, it’s put into the graveyard before you can pay the cost again.