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◇ Catalog #44s

Ingenious Mastery

pstx·#44s·rare·foil

Illus. Cristi Balanescu

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Apr '21

5 yr ago

Value

$1.78+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.81 · low $0.74

NM$0.78

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.72–$0.82modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.29low $0.17range 658.8%n 226

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #11,274 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.78

Gameplay

Sorcery

You may pay {2}{U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {2}{U} cost was paid, you draw three cards, then an opponent creates two Treasure tokens and they scry 2. If that cost wasn't paid, you draw X cards.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2021-04-16wotc

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

2021-04-16wotc

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

2021-04-16wotc

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.

2021-04-16wotc

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.78. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.17 and $1.29 across 226 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PSTX — the lineup includes Foil 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 #44s of *Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the April 2021 Strixhaven: School of Mages release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{2}{U} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Treasure and Scry.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #11,274 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Cristi Balanescu. Rarix catalogs 485 other cards credited to this artist.