Spark Mage
Creature — Dwarf Wizard
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may have this creature deal 1 damage to target creature that player controls.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $2.40
- EDHREC rank
- #10095
Spark Mage is a Dwarf that pings for 1 damage on tap — cheap, repeatable, and tailor-made for Magda, Brazen Outlaw decks that want every tap activation to generate a Treasure. The cost is real: one damage does nothing to most threats, so this card earns its slot through engine redundancy, not combat relevance.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Spark Mage is a Dwarf that taps to deal damage, which means every activation generates a Treasure off Magda, Brazen Outlaw — you're running it as a mana engine, not a removal piece, and at 61% inclusion it's clearly doing that job.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Spark Mage is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only home where it's pulling real weight is Commander — specifically Magda, Brazen Outlaw builds that want maximum Dwarf tap-triggers. In Legacy and Vintage, one damage at one mana with no evasion and no scaling isn't competing for slots. Oathbreaker could support the same Magda engine in a smaller game, but the reduced player count cuts into the value of producing Treasures at volume.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.40 cheap tier
At $2.40, Spark Mage sits at the high end of cheap for a narrow, format-specific enabler. The price is driven almost entirely by Magda demand — outside that deck, it's a bulk rare, and if Magda ever rotates out of favor, expect this to drop.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.