Reflector Mage
Reflector Mage: Creature - Human Wizard, Oath of the Gatewatch. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Human Wizard
- Colour identity
- White and blue (WU)
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW)
- Released
- 2016-01-22
- Collector number
- 157
- Artist
- Willian Murai
- Commander rank
- 4,804 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Reflector Mage
Reflector Mage is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white and blue creature from Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW), an expansion set released in January 2016. It is collector number 157 in that set, with art by Willian Murai. It costs {1}{W}{U} (one generic, one white and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is white and blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Oath of the Gatewatch (2016) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.42 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
When this creature enters, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. That creature's owner can't cast spells with the same name as that creature until your next turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.42 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Reflector Mage by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Reflector Mage
Reflector Mage has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Explorer Anthology 2 (EA2) #19 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1108 | Rare | 2022 |
| The List (PLST) #OGW-157 | Uncommon | 2019 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Reflector Mage, newest first.
- In several cases, the name of the creature that was returned won’t match the name of that card once it’s back in its owner’s hand. For example, if the card was copying another creature, it will probably have a different name in its owner’s hand and can be cast again before your next turn. The same is true if a double-faced card with its back face up is returned to its owner’s hand this way.
- If the returned creature had no name while it was on the battlefield (likely because the creature was face down), its owner can still cast face-down creature spells with morph or megamorph, or cast the same card face up, before your next turn.
- Reflector Mage’s ability doesn’t stop any player from playing lands (in the case that the returned creature was also a land).
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white and blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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These card lists include Reflector Mage.