Wandering Mage
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This printing
SetME3
Collector #186
Released2009-09-07
Rarityrare
ArtistPete Venters
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Wandering Mage

RareReserved listColour IDMV 3
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.
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Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 1996-06-10Newest 1996-06-10Cheapest priced $2.07 in ALL
Rulings (2)
wotc1 Oct 2009
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.
wotc1 Oct 2009
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.