Crimson Mage
Creature — Human Shaman
: Target creature you control gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and 
this turn.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #24865
Crimson Mage gives your creatures haste on demand for a two-mana 1/2 body — functional, but competing against haste enablers that either cost less or do more. It's a role-player in dedicated aggressive red strategies and a cut in most others.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Crimson Mage is a niche include — it shows up in dedicated goblin or red aggro builds where haste redundancy earns its slot, but most 100-card lists have better options. Pauper is where it's most competitive: commons-only means the field of haste enablers thins out, and a repeatable activated ability holds real value there. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, it's legal but irrelevant — the power ceiling is too high for a 1/2 with a marginal ability to see play. Crimson Mage is a commons-format card wearing a constructed-legal label.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Crimson Mage is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. It won't appreciate, but for pauper or budget Commander builds it's a zero-friction pickup.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.