Stormchaser Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
Flying, haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Pioneer Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #12611
Stormchaser Mage is a two-mana flying, prowess creature that turns every instant and sorcery into a live combat threat — the payoff is immediate and the cost is negligible. In Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks it's a near-auto-include: prowess stacks with Balmor's pump, and evasion means that extra power actually connects.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Balmor, Battlemage Captain gives every instant and sorcery a +1/+0 rider to the whole team, which stacks directly on top of Stormchaser Mage's own prowess trigger — cast two spells in a turn and this thing is swinging as a 4/2 flier before combat math even starts.
Bria, Riptide Rogue
Bria, Riptide Rogue rewards you for connecting with evasive creatures to copy spells, and Stormchaser Mage's flying makes it a reliable enabler — every copied instant or sorcery then fires prowess again, turning the copy engine into a damage engine.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Stormchaser Mage earns its slot specifically in Izzet spellslinger builds — it's not a generic goodstuff card, but in the right shell the flying prowess body does real work that a ground-pounder never could. In Modern and Pioneer it's largely been outpaced by cheaper or more resilient one-drops, though it occasionally surfaces in tempo or prowess lists that want redundancy at the two-mana slot. Legacy has better options at every point on the curve, so Stormchaser Mage rarely appears there outside of budget builds. Across formats, the honest read is the same: it's a solid role-player in dedicated spellslinger decks and a below-rate body everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Stormchaser Mage, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Historically it's been a bulk rare — expect to pay under a dollar, which makes it an easy pickup if the deck calls for it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.