Wandering Mage
Alliances (ALL) #111 · Rare · Creature — Human Cleric Wizard
Mana cost: {W}{U}{B}
{W}, Pay 1 life: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
{U}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target Cleric or Wizard creature this turn.
{B}, 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.
Power/toughness 0/3 · Illustrated by Pete Venters · Released June 10, 1996 · On the Reserved List
Prices
- Nonfoil: $1.95 USD · €0.94 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.06 USD (3.0%) to $1.95 USD; low $1.95 USD, high $2.10 USD.
Printings
- Masters Edition III #186 (ME3) · Rare · 2009
- Alliances #111 (this printing) · Rare · 1996 · $1.95 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — 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 · wotc — 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.