Esper Battlemage
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Shards of AlaraALA · #40
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Human Wizard
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.10 € · ★ 0.34 € · 0.18 $ · ★ 0.30 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
, : Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to you this turn. , : Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Matt Cavotta
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-10-03
Flavour text
She can heal the flesh, or exploit its many weaknesses.
Rulings
The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.