Trickster Mage
~$0.24 low · ~$3.75 high
Blue. Creature — Human Spellshaper
Nemesis #49 · Illustrated by Alan Rabinowitz
Nemesis #49 · Illustrated by Alan RabinowitzWhat is Trickster Mage worth?
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Oracle text
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1/1
"If it ain't broke, I'll break it. If it *is* broke, I'll fix it."
Format legality
The only printing of Trickster Mage
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nemesis nem #49· 2000common· Cardmarket €0.17 · €1.93 foil | common | $0.24 | $3.75 | €0.17€1.93 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2000
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #22,336 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Alan Rabinowitz
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Nemesis card (#49).
49
- 49Collector 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 Trickster Mage, read from the Nemesis printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Trickster Mage. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 1: 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
- 1/1: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Alan Rabinowitz. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Nemesis. Black or white means common.
- Collector number
- 49 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Alan Rabinowitz, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
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