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 "{5}: Untap this creature."

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm
Price
$0.13
EDHREC rank
#14440
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Ringing Strike Mastery card art
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

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

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

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Vhal, Candlekeep ResearcherRinging Strike Mastery

Vhal, Candlekeep ResearcherRinging Strike Mastery

Infinite colorless mana that can't be spent to cast spells from your hand

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Price Context

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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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.