Verdant Mastery

{5}{G}

Sorcery

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Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Cristi Balanescu
Printings5
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
You may pay {3}{G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Search your library for up to four basic land cards and reveal them. Put one of them onto the battlefield tapped under an opponent's control if the {3}{G} cost was paid. Put two of them onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.

Plays as: Cost Alternative · Mana Fixer

Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.32
$0.20 low$0.17 gap
Foil
$0.31 low$0.11 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.30· across 5 printings

Rulings

5 · latest Apr 16, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If an effect increases or decreases the cost of spells you cast, that cost increase or decrease is applied to the alternative cost you chose to pay. In that case, the cost was still paid for the purposes of the effect, even if you paid more or less for it when it was cast.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If you choose to pay one alternative cost, you can’t pay any other alternative costs. For example, if an effect lets you cast a “Mastery” spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t also choose to pay its given alternative cost.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If you copy a “Mastery” spell and the alternative cost was paid, the copy will resolve as though the cost was paid.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    In a multiplayer game, you choose which opponent takes the prescribed action as the spell resolves.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    The mana value of a spell on the stack is determined by its mana cost, not any alternative costs you used to pay for it.