Meddling Mage
Alara Reborn (ARB) #8 · Rare · Creature — Human Wizard
Mana cost: {W}{U}
As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name.
Spells with the chosen name can't be cast.
"This violent wasteland is an indictment of its people. These cowards lack the will to oppose disorder."
Power/toughness 2/2 · Illustrated by Todd Lockwood · Released April 30, 2009
Prices
- Nonfoil: $2.48 USD · €2.60 EUR
- Foil: $8.04 USD · €3.66 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.12 USD (5.1%) to $2.48 USD; low $2.36 USD, high $2.48 USD.
Printings
- Magic Online Promos #82830 (PRM) · Rare · 2020
- Double Masters #210 (2XM) · Rare · 2020 · $2.25 USD
- Double Masters #355 (2XM) · Rare · 2020 · $3.17 USD
- Historic Anthology 2 #17 (HA2) · Rare · 2020
- The List #ARB-8 (PLST) · Rare · 2019 · $1.66 USD
- Magic Online Promos #36304 (PRM) · Rare · 2013
- Alara Reborn #8 (this printing) · Rare · 2009 · $2.48 USD
- Judge Gift Cards 2006 #3 (G06) · Rare · 2006 · $74.85 USD foil
- Planeshift #116 (PLS) · Rare · 2001 · $35.79 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Banned
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2020-08-07 · wotc — No one can cast spells or activate abilities between the time a card is named and the time that Meddling Mage's ability begins to apply.
- 2020-08-07 · wotc — Spells with the chosen name that somehow happen to already be on the stack when Meddling Mage enters the battlefield aren't affected by Meddling Mage's ability.