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◇ Catalog #281

Academy Journeymage

j25·#281·common·nonfoil

Illus. Magali Villeneuve

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wishlisted

Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$0.19+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.20 · low $0.18

NM$0.19

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.18–$0.20modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.19low $0.09range 111.1%n 46

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #21,545 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.19

Gameplay

Creature — Human Wizard

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Wizard. When this creature enters, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

"We don't choose who comes here. We choose how long they stay."

3/2

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2018-04-27wotc

If you control more than one Wizard, Academy Journeymage's cost is reduced by only {1}.

2018-04-27wotc

Once you announce that you're casting Academy Journeymage, no player may take other actions until the spell's been paid for. Notably, players can't try to raise the spell's cost by removing your Wizards.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.19. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.09 and $0.19 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J25 — 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 #281 of *Foundations Jumpstart*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations Jumpstart release.

Card type: Creature — Human Wizard, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {4}{U} (5 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #21,545 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Magali Villeneuve. Rarix catalogs 798 other cards credited to this artist.