In several cases, the name of the creature that was returned won’t match the name of that card once it’s back in its owner’s hand. For example, if the card was copying another creature, it will probably have a different name in its owner’s hand and can be cast again before your next turn. The same is true if a double-faced card with its back face up is returned to its owner’s hand this way.
If the returned creature had no name while it was on the battlefield (likely because the creature was face down), its owner can still cast face-down creature spells with morph or megamorph, or cast the same card face up, before your next turn.
Reflector Mage’s ability doesn’t stop any player from playing lands (in the case that the returned creature was also a land).
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from EA2 — the lineup includes 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 #19 of *Explorer Anthology 2*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2022 Explorer Anthology 2 release.
Card type: Creature — Human Wizard, color identity blue/white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{W}{U} (3 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #4,775 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Willian Murai. Rarix catalogs 244 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Willian Murai
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