Devout Witness

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White. Creature — Human Spellshaper

No. 17 What the codes mean

Mercadian Masques #17 · Illustrated by Don Hazeltine

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Retro Frame non-foil · The List #MMQ-17

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Foil · Mercadian Masques #17

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Format legality

StandardNot legal

PioneerNot legal

ModernNot legal

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

CommanderLegal

PauperLegal

BrawlNot legal

All 2 printings of Devout Witness

Printing	Rarity	Non-foil	Foil	Cardmarket (EUR)	My collection
The List plst #MMQ-17· 2024Retro Framecommon· Cardmarket €0.16	common	$0.13	No foil printing	€0.16
Mercadian Masques mmq #17· 1999common· Cardmarket €0.07 · €2.08 foil	common	$0.24	$6.23	€0.07 €2.08 foil

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Card details

First printed: 1999
Printings: 2
Mana value: 3
EDHREC rank: #20,614 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Artist: Don Hazeltine

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Mercadian Masques card (#17).

17Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.

Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.

How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.

Card breakdown

The parts of Devout Witness, read from the Mercadian Masques printing. How to read any Magic card.

Name: Devout Witness. Rules use the English name in every language.
Mana cost: Mana value 3: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
Type line: Creature is the card type. Human and Spellshaper are subtypes, after the dash.
Text box: What the card does.
Flavor text: Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
Power / toughness: 2/2: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
Illustration: By Don Hazeltine. The art has no effect on the game.
Set symbol: Mercadian Masques. Black or white means common.
Collector number: 17 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Artist: Don Hazeltine, after "Illus.".
Copyright: Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.

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