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◇ Catalog #8

Meddling Mage

arb·#8·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Todd Lockwood

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '09

17 yr ago

Value

$2.21+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.29 · low $2.08

NM$2.21

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.04–$2.33modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.23low $0.44range 406.8%n 57

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,344 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$5.42

Nonfoil$2.21

Gameplay

Creature — Human Wizard

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."

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlbanned

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2020-08-07wotc

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.

2020-08-07wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.21. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.44 and $2.23 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ARB — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #8 of *Alara Reborn*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2009 Alara Reborn release.

Card type: Creature — Human Wizard, color identity blue/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {W}{U} (2 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Historic. Banned in Brawl.

EDHrec ranks this card #17,344 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Todd Lockwood. Rarix catalogs 404 other cards credited to this artist.