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◇ Catalog #297

Ingenious Mastery

stx·#297·rare·extended_art

Illus. Cristi Balanescu

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Apr '21

5 yr ago

Value

$1.55+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.57 · low $0.52

NM$0.55

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.51–$0.58modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.55low $0.24range 129.2%n 104

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

Extended Art$0.55

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 $0.55. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.24 and $0.55 across 104 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from STX — the lineup includes Extended Art 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 #297 of *Strixhaven: School of Mages*, the set 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.