Baleful Mastery Price
7 printings · 5 sets · first printed 2021
Baleful Mastery has been printed 7 times across 5 sets, first in 2021 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is Strixhaven: School of Mages #64 at $1.95, while the most expensive is Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos #64s at $7.93 — about 4× more. The median across 6 priced printings is $2.69. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 7x, including dedicated reprint sets like Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander, The List.
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Every Baleful Mastery Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strixhaven: School of Mages #64 (R) Cheapest | 2021 | $1.95 | $1.00 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos #64p (R) | 2021 | $2.00 | $1.00 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #126 (R) | 2024 | $2.54 | — |
| The List #STX-64 (R) | 2024 | $2.84 | $1.00 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages #301 (R) | 2021 | $5.20 | $2.00 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos #64s (R) Foil | 2021 | $7.93 | $2.00 foil |
| Magic Online Promos #90068 (R) | 2021 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.If the
cost was paid, an opponent draws a card.Exile target creature or planeswalker.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 7 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsIf you copy a "Mastery" spell and the alternative cost was paid, the copy will resolve as though the cost was paid.
The mana value of a spell on the stack is determined by its mana cost, not any alternative costs you used to pay for it.
In a multiplayer game, you choose which opponent takes the prescribed action as the spell resolves.
If you choose to pay one alternative cost, you can't pay any other alternative costs. For example, if an effect lets you cast a "Mastery" spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't also choose to pay its given alternative cost.
If an effect increases or decreases the cost of spells you cast, that cost increase or decrease is applied to the alternative cost you chose to pay. In that case, the cost was still paid for the purposes of the effect, even if you paid more or less for it when it was cast.