Ringing Strike Mastery
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Enchanted creature has ": Untap this creature."
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #14440
Ringing Strike Mastery puts a permanent damage bonus on the table and untaps your creatures — the effect is real, the cost is a mastery counter grind that asks you to earn it. Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher decks that generate those counters naturally get the most mileage; everyone else is paying for an effect that arrives too late.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ringing Strike Mastery is a Commander card almost by definition — the mastery counter mechanic rewards slow accumulation over multiple turns, and only a 100-card singleton format gives you the game length to make that payoff consistent. In Standard and Pioneer it competes with spells that close games faster without prerequisites, so it sees virtually no competitive play there. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have no patience for setup-heavy enchantments at this cost. Pauper is where the bulk-rare economy matters least, but the effect still lacks the immediate tempo those fast formats demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card


Vhal, Candlekeep ResearcherRinging Strike Mastery
Infinite colorless mana that can't be spent to cast spells from your hand
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Sanctum WeaverRinging Strike Mastery
Infinite colored mana; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Kami of Whispered HopesRinging Strike Mastery
Infinite colored mana; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Selvala, Heart of the WildsRinging Strike Mastery
Infinite colored mana; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Ringing Strike Mastery is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not tracking it on a buylist. Bulk rares with narrow mastery-counter synergies don't appreciate unless the mechanic gets a second major push, so treat this as a throw-in, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher
- Rainveil Rejuvenator
- Sanctum Weaver
- Kami of Whispered Hopes
- Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.
