First printed in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026)
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, return up to one other target creature to its owner's hand.
Whenever you cast a spell with 
in its mana cost, this creature can't be blocked this turn.
2/2
- Illustrated by
- Flavio Greco Paglia
Matterbending Mage legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH
Ruling (1)
- Matterbending Mage's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
Prices
Paper price: €0.07 / $0.19 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 10 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 10 Nov 2026).
Combos
2 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Clement, the Worrywort + Intruder Alarm + Matterbending Mage
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Matterbending Mage + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Phyrexian Altar