First printed in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021)
Creature — Treefolk Warlock
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, you gain 1 life.
"Death is really just a transfer of energy. Those pests I harvested have the honor of becoming pure magic. What could be more beautiful?"
5/5
- Illustrated by
- Filip Burburan
- Watermark
- Witherbloom
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (5)
- If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.
- If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.
- For example, if you control Archmage Emeritus and cast an instant or sorcery spell, Archmage Emeritus’s magecraft ability will trigger and you will draw a card.
- Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.
- Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.
Prices
Paper price: €0.04 / $0.18 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket and TCGplayer through MTGJSON, 5 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 4 Nov 2026).
Combos
3 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers…: Chain of Smog + Witherbloom Pledgemage
- Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers…: Chain of Acid + Witherbloom Pledgemage
- Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers…: Fury Storm + Witherbloom Pledgemage