Prismari Pledgemage
Creature — Orc Wizard
Defender
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, this creature can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #25654
Prismari Pledgemage trades a single +1/+1 counter for magecraft triggers — a reasonable deal in any deck built to cast a lot of instants and sorceries. The floor is a 2/2 that grows; the ceiling is a payoff engine if your spell count is high enough to matter.
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 |
Prismari Pledgemage finds its best home in Commander, specifically in Izzet or Temur spellslinger builds where magecraft triggers stack across multiple cards and the counter accumulation becomes a real win condition over time. In Pauper it's a legal and plausible include in tempo or aggro shells that want a cheap body with upside, though dedicated spellslinger payoffs at common are competitive. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have access to far more efficient two-drops, and Prismari Pledgemage doesn't offer enough raw power to see play in any of those formats. Oathbreaker parallels Commander closely — it works there for the same reasons, and the faster game speed slightly reduces the window to accumulate counters.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Prismari Pledgemage is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box or grabbing a playset for under a dollar. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow synergy applications don't appreciate, so this is a spend-freely-and-don't-think-about-it price point.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.