Vodalian Mage
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
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: Counter target spell unless its controller pays 
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #22888
Vodalian Mage trades a card and a blue mana at instant speed to counter a target spell with no additional conditions — that's the full offer, and it's not enough. A 1/1 body that doubles as a one-shot counterspell has been outclassed by nearly every blue card printed in the last two decades.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Vodalian Mage is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in almost none of them. In Commander, the bar for a counterspell on a fragile creature is high — Spellstutter Sprite at least scales, and hard counters like Counterspell exist at the same cost without the body tax. In Legacy and Vintage, the format speed makes a tapped 1/1 with a one-time effect irrelevant. Pauper is the one format where creature-based interaction occasionally finds a home, but even there Vodalian Mage doesn't make the cut when Faerie Miscreant and Spellstutter Sprite are available at the same color.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Vodalian Mage is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is essentially zero. Don't expect that to change; there's no competitive context waiting to spike a card this outclassed.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.