Grixis Battlemage
Creature — Human Wizard
, 
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
, : Target creature can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #27647
Grixis Battlemage offers repeatable discard and reanimation on one body, but both abilities cost mana and a tap on top of the initial three-mana investment, making it slower than almost every comparable effect. It sees fringe play in dedicated graveyard or discard-matters builds and nowhere else.
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 |
Grixis Battlemage is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in Legacy, Modern, and Vintage ignores it entirely — those formats have access to far more efficient discard and reanimation at instant speed for less total mana. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there it requires a dedicated discard or graveyard shell to justify the slot. In Oathbreaker, the tighter 58-card construction makes the tempo cost harder to absorb, so only the most on-theme Grixis planeswalker pairings would bother.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Grixis Battlemage is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is minimal. It's stable at that floor with no realistic pressure to move in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.