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Baleful Mastery

First printed in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021)

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Baleful Mastery

Instant

You may pay 1 genericBlack rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the 1 genericBlack cost was paid, an opponent draws a card.
Exile target creature or planeswalker.

In the last 30 days 0.0% of Modern decks played it (1 of 2236). Most played in UB (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.2% of Commander decks played it (14 of 6150). Most played in K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth.

Legality

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 1 of 2236 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks
0.0%
▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-13: 0.0% 2026-08-20: 0.2% 2026-08-27: 0.3% 2026-09-03: 0.5% 2026-09-10: 0.0% 2026-09-17: 0.0% 2026-09-24: 0.0% 2026-10-01: 0.2% 2026-10-08: 0.0% 2026-10-15: 0.0% 2026-10-22: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
0 main, 1 sideboard
Avg. copies
–
in the main deck
Win rate
40%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UB (unclassified) 1.2% 4%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
UB
Adrian Garcia in IQ Arzúa - Piknitas Modern
2-3
40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UB
Adrian Garcia,
1 side #24
2-3

Commander Other periods →

In 14 of 6150 decks (0.2%).

Share of decks
0.2%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-20: 0.0% 2026-08-27: 0.3% 2026-09-03: 0.3% 2026-09-10: 0.3% 2026-09-17: 0.2% 2026-09-24: 0.1% 2026-10-01: 0.5% 2026-10-08: 0.0% 2026-10-15: 0.3% 2026-10-22: 0.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
14
14 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
5%
2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 0.8% 6%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow 0.6% 3%
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 0.3% 19%
Kodama of the East Tree + Tymna the Weaver 0.1% 11%
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff 0.1% 22%
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER 0.1% 17%
Braids, Arisen Nightmare 0.0% 33%
Nekusar, the Mindrazer 0.0% 33%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Dark Ritual100%2.5
Sol Ring100%1.0
Arcane Signet79%1.2
Deadly Rollick64%4.8
Demonic Tutor64%1.4
Command Tower64%0.7
Lotus Petal64%0.7
Saw in Half57%11.4
Opposition Agent57%4.0
Orcish Bowmasters57%1.7

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Yew Zi Yang in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K
1-4
20%
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
Russell Koepke in Bob Koepke Memorial Tournament: A CEDH Tournament Benefitting 988 Lifeline
0-5
0%
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Lim Choon Hao in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K
0-5
0%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
Tan Leik Wee in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K
0-5
0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
Tiago Martins da Silva,
1 main #12
1-1
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Álvaro C,
1 main #9
0-1
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
Russell Koepke,
1 main #40
0-5
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Kahlil Martinez [value breach],
1 main #7
1-2
Kodama of the East Tree + Tymna the Weaver
Joel Kettula,
1 main #5
1-1
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Leix,
1 main #55
1-3
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Tye Kuhn,
1 main #39
0-4
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Ethan McAllister,
1 main #46
0-3

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.