Mage's Guile
Instant
ONSOnslaught#91common
Foil
"Next time, don't bother."
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1997
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster–1 in 827
- Illustrator
- Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- Found in
- Legions Theme Deck Sliver Shivers · Onslaught Theme Deck Celestial Assault · 6 more
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Target creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)Cycling
Market · per finishspark updated 4h ago · prices as of 2026-07-14
Nonfoil-4.8%
$0.20
$0.05 low$0.04 gap
Foil+0.0%
$2.97
$1.49 low-$0.09 gap
Finish
Market
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Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.20as of 2026-07-14
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H $0.21L $0.10since Feb 2024$0.05
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$0.04+80% · normal spread
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Foil
$2.97as of 2026-07-14
+0.0%
H $5.91L $1.93since Feb 2024$1.49
$1.58
-$0.09-6% · buylist > ask
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Cheapest playable copy$0.20· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 1, 2008
Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.