Esper Battlemage
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This printing
SetALA
Collector #40
Released2008-10-03
Rarityuncommon
ArtistMatt Cavotta
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Esper Battlemage

UncommonColour IDMV 3
Artifact Creature — Human Wizard
, : Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to you this turn.
, : Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
2 / 2
Card capabilities
ArtifactCreatureCreature removal
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (1)
wotc1 Oct 2008
The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.