Baleful Mastery

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-	$ 0.95	0.02 tix

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Name	Baleful Mastery
Type	Instant
Description	You may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the cost was paid, an opponent draws a card. Exile target creature or planeswalker.
Artist	Chris Cold
Set	Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #126
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Baleful Mastery

Baleful Mastery, Instant, designed by Chris Cold first released in Mar, 2021 in the set Strixhaven: School of Mages and was printed exactly in 7 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of $ 0.95.

A deck focused on controlling the board and disrupting your opponent's strategy would benefit from including Baleful Mastery, as it offers a versatile removal option that can be cast at a reduced cost. While the downside of allowing an opponent to draw a card can be mitigated by timing the spell effectively, there are potentially better removal options available depending on the specific deck archetype and format. However, Baleful Mastery could still see play in certain control or midrange decks looking for additional removal options.

Rules

04/16/21

If an effect increases or decreases the cost of spells you cast, that cost increase or decrease is applied to the alternative cost you chose to pay. In that case, the cost was still paid for the purposes of the effect, even if you paid more or less for it when it was cast.

04/16/21

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

04/16/21

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.