Amphin Pathmage
Creature — Salamander Wizard
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #21764
Amphin Pathmage makes any creature unblockable for three mana at instant speed — that's a real effect attached to a body that never justifies its four-mana cost. The slot almost always belongs to a cheaper unblockable enabler or a creature that does more than one thing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Amphin Pathmage is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in any of those formats has no interest in a four-mana 3/2 with a conditional activated ability. In Commander it sees occasional play in evasion-dependent voltron builds — commanders like Uril, the Miststalker or Yargle and Multani want to connect, and Pathmage at least offers repeatable unblockable on demand. Even there, cheaper options outclass it, and Pathmage earns a slot only when redundancy is the explicit goal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Amphin Pathmage is deep bulk — you'll find copies in common boxes at any LGS without spending real money. The price reflects the demand ceiling accurately; nothing about the card's role is likely to push it out of bulk territory.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.