Molten-Core Maestro
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secrets of StrixhavenSOS · #125
- Card type
- Creature — Goblin Bard
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.62 € · ★ 0.51 € · 0.44 $ · ★ 0.66 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Menace Opus — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. If five or more mana was spent to cast that spell, add an amount of equal to this creature's power.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Aleksi Briclot
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-04-24
Flavour text
"My media? Fury and flame."
Rulings
An opus ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
Molten-Core Maestro's last ability is not a mana ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
