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Baleful Mastery

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6 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Baleful Mastery, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander printing
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander OTC · No. 126 2024-04-19

Card text

{3}{B}
Instant
You may pay {1}{B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {1}{B} cost was paid, an opponent draws a card. Exile target creature or planeswalker.
EDHREC rank #1437 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 6 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

5 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If you copy a "Mastery" spell and the alternative cost was paid, the copy will resolve as though the cost was paid.

2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast

The mana value of a spell on the stack is determined by its mana cost, not any alternative costs you used to pay for it.

2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast

In a multiplayer game, you choose which opponent takes the prescribed action as the spell resolves.

2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast

If you choose to pay one alternative cost, you can't pay any other alternative costs. For example, if an effect lets you cast a "Mastery" spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't also choose to pay its given alternative cost.

2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast

If an effect increases or decreases the cost of spells you cast, that cost increase or decrease is applied to the alternative cost you chose to pay. In that case, the cost was still paid for the purposes of the effect, even if you paid more or less for it when it was cast.

2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Baleful Mastery, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander printing
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
OTC · #126
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Desert City Games
Baleful Mastery, Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos printing
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
PSTX · #64p
Rare
∅ No QC price
Baleful Mastery, Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos printing
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
PSTX · #64s
Rare
∅ No QC price
Baleful Mastery, Strixhaven: School of Mages printing
Strixhaven: School of Mages
STX · #64
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Café Ork'n'Roll · Condition DMG