Tribute Mage

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Tribute Mage: Creature - Human Wizard, Modern Horizons. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Human Wizard
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Modern Horizons (MH1)
Released
2019-06-14
Collector number
73
Artist
Scott Murphy
Commander rank
2,122 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Tribute Mage

Tribute Mage is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Modern Horizons (MH1), a draft-focused set released in June 2019. It is collector number 73 in that set, with art by Scott Murphy. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Modern Horizons (2019) to Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).

Card text

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 2, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.18 (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 Tribute Mage by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Tribute Mage

Tribute Mage has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91249Rare2022
The List (PLST) #MH1-73Uncommon2021
Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts (H1R) #10Uncommon2021

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Tribute Mage.

  • If a card in your library has X in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

Similar cards

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