Coruscation Mage
Coruscation Mage: Creature - Otter Wizard, Bloomburrow. Offspring 2 Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Otter Wizard
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow (BLB)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 131
- Artist
- Gaboleps
- Keywords
- Offspring
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About Coruscation Mage
Coruscation Mage is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red creature from Bloomburrow (BLB), an expansion set released in August 2024. It is collector number 131 in that set, with art by Gaboleps. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to Bloomburrow (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.92 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.92 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Coruscation Mage by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Coruscation Mage
Coruscation Mage has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #BLB-131 | Uncommon | 2026 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Coruscation Mage, newest first.
- If the spell is countered, the offspring ability will not trigger, and no token will be created.
- In the rare case where the creature doesn’t have the offspring ability when it enters, the ability won’t trigger even if you paid the offspring cost.
- If the spell resolves but the creature with offspring leaves the battlefield before the offspring ability resolves, you’ll still create a token copy of it.
- Many creatures with offspring abilities have other abilities that refer to them as “this creature” rather than referring to them by name. This difference is for clarity purposes and does not change the function of any of these abilities.
- You can pay an offspring cost only once as you cast a spell with offspring. You can’t try to pay it multiple times to get more token copies.
- The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else, except it’s a 1/1 (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its types, color, or so on.
- Coruscation Mage’s last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
- The token created by the offspring ability isn’t “cast”, so abilities that trigger when a creature spell is cast won’t trigger for the copy.
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