Blaster Mage
Creature — Human Spellshaper
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, Discard a card: Destroy target Wall.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30811
Blaster Mage lets you pay one mana to destroy an artifact at instant speed — repeatable, on a body, no other cost. The three-mana 2/2 body is irrelevant in most formats, but the activated ability is the only reason it sees play.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blaster Mage is a Commander staple candidate only in artifact-heavy metas where repeatable removal matters more than efficiency — but even there, it gets outclassed by Viridian Shaman and Reclamation Sage. In Pauper, the common restriction makes it more competitive, and the repeatable nature edges out one-shot removal in artifact-dense matchups. Legacy and Vintage have it legal, but no competitive list wants a 2/2 for three when Null Rod and Stony Silence exist. The card lives and dies in Commander, where its floor is acceptable and its ceiling is a meta call.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Blaster Mage is deep bulk — pick it out of a commons box, not a singles order. That price won't move; there's no spike scenario for a three-mana 2/2 with a niche activated ability.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.