Mage il-Vec
Creature — Human Wizard
, Discard a card at random: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30905
Mage il-Vec trades a shadow body that blanks most blockers for a single targeted Shadow creature removal spell, paid across two turns with a tap and a sacrifice. The ceiling is narrow — shadow is a fringe keyword — and the cost is too steep for what you get.
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 |
In Commander, Mage il-Vec occupies a dead zone: shadow creatures are rare enough that its activated ability almost never has a relevant target, and a 1/1 with shadow isn't a meaningful threat or blocker in a multiplayer game. Pauper is the one format where shadow aggro decks exist and opposing shadow creatures are an actual problem, but even there Mage il-Vec is too slow to earn a slot over direct interaction. Legacy and Vintage have access to far better tools and won't touch it. The card is legal in many formats and playable in almost none.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Mage il-Vec is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a commons box and rarely leaves it. That price is stable because demand is effectively zero, not because it's a hidden gem.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.