Mage Hunters' Onslaught
Sorcery
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Whenever a creature blocks this turn, its controller loses 1 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #22551
Mage Hunters' Onslaught destroys target creature or planeswalker if its controller cast a spell this turn — conditional removal that punishes the most common play pattern in Magic. Four mana at sorcery speed is the ceiling for what this cost should be, and hitting that condition is easier than it looks.
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 |
In Commander, Mage Hunters' Onslaught earns its slot in spell-punishment strategies and against spell-heavy pods, but sorcery speed means you can't use it reactively — you need to know your target cast something before your turn began. In Pauper it competes in a removal-rich format where four mana is a real ask, though the conditional is consistently met against cantrip-heavy blue decks. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have cleaner two-mana unconditional options that make Mage Hunters' Onslaught uncompetitive in those formats despite being legal. Pioneer is the most plausible constructed home if a Prowess or spell-based aggro meta demands punishment removal, but even there four mana is slow.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Mage Hunters' Onslaught is deep bulk — the price of a sleeve, not a card. It holds no financial value and won't appreciate, but if the effect fits your Commander deck there is zero friction to acquiring a copy.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.