Archmage's Charm
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2490 · Rare · Instant
Mana cost: {U}{U}{U}
Choose one —
• Counter target spell.
• Target player draws two cards.
• Gain control of target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.
"Why confine ourselves to the pleasures of mortal flesh?"
Illustrated by Lie Setiawan · Released February 9, 2026
Prices
- Nonfoil: $2.91 USD · €4.73 EUR
- Foil: $4.04 USD · €5.20 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.44 USD (13.1%) to $2.91 USD; low $2.89 USD, high $3.37 USD.
Printings
- Secret Lair Drop #2490 (this printing) · Rare · 2026 · $2.91 USD
- Breaking News #8 (OTP) · Rare · 2024 · $1.89 USD
- Store Championships #2 (SCH) · Rare · 2022 · $4.57 USD foil
- Magic Online Promos #91233 (PRM) · Rare · 2022
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons #166 (J21) · Rare · 2021
- Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts #7 (H1R) · Rare · 2021 · $4.29 USD foil
- Modern Horizons #40 (MH1) · Rare · 2019 · $2.18 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2019-06-14 · wotc — If a creature on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- 2024-04-12 · wotc — The mana value of a token that isn't a copy of another object is 0. A token that is a copy of another object has the same mana cost as that object.
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