"This violent wasteland is an indictment of its people. These cowards lack the will to oppose disorder."
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 121
- Illustrator
- Todd Lockwood
- Found in
- Mystery Booster Booster Pack (Convention Edition) · Mystery Booster Booster Pack (Retail Edition) · Mystery Booster Booster Pack (Convention Edition - 2021)
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlBanned
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name.
Spells with the chosen name can't be cast.
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Rulings
2 · latest Aug 7, 2020
- WotCAug 7, 2020
No one can cast spells or activate abilities between the time a card is named and the time that Meddling Mage's ability begins to apply.
- WotCAug 7, 2020
Spells with the chosen name that somehow happen to already be on the stack when Meddling Mage enters the battlefield aren't affected by Meddling Mage's ability.