Galepowder Mage
Creature — Kithkin Wizard
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, exile another target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #13122
Galepowder Mage blinks a creature at the end of every turn it attacks — a repeatable, no-mana-cost flicker stapled to a 3/3 flier for four mana. Nalia de'Arnise decks run it because the triggered blink resets enters-the-battlefield effects on a schedule without spending a single resource past the initial cast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nalia de'Arnise
Nalia de'Arnise wants creatures with powerful ETB effects, and Galepowder Mage delivers a free blink every combat — resetting Nalia's dungeon-delving triggers or any other ETB value piece without touching your mana.
Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
Galepowder Mage fills the Rogue slot for party count while providing Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero decks a way to reblink party members for repeated ETB value and keep the Folk Hero trigger firing.
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Brigid, Clachan's Heart cares about Kithkin, and Galepowder Mage is one — the free blink trigger also lets Brigid decks reuse Kithkin ETB effects while the Mage attacks into the air.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Galepowder Mage does its real work: a repeatable end-of-combat flicker on a flying body is exactly the kind of incremental engine that snowballs over a long game, and the four-mana cost is easy to hit before you need the effect. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but unplayable — those formats have no patience for a four-mana 3/3 whose payoff requires surviving to the next end step. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning, where its attack-trigger blink can loop ETB effects in a faster, lower-life-total context, though the card still needs the right shell to shine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Galepowder Mage is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that pulls real work in the right Commander deck. Bulk prices this low rarely move unless a deck archetype spikes in popularity, so grab copies whenever you need them without worrying about the window.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nalia de'Arnise
- Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
- Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.