Elemental Expressionist

Printings

  • Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX)#181
  • Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX)#342
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM)#90206
  • Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX)#181p
  • Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX)#181s

Elemental Expressionist

Card Information

Type: Creature — Orc Wizard

Mana Cost: Blue or Red manaBlue or Red manaBlue or Red manaBlue or Red mana

CMC: 4

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for RMana symbol for U

Set: Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 181

Oracle Text

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, choose target creature you control. Until end of turn, it gains "If this creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else" and "When this creature is put into exile, create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token." (Each instance of that ability triggers separately.)

Keywords

Magecraft

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Related Cards

Elemental Expressionist(Creature — Orc Wizard)
Elemental(Token Creature — Elemental)

Card Rulings

  1. April 16, 2021

    If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.

    Source: wotc
  2. April 16, 2021

    If the magecraft ability triggers and resolves more than once with the same creature as the target, that creature will have multiple instances of each of the two triggered abilities the magecraft ability grants it. Each instance of the second ability will trigger separately, and you'll create an Elemental token for each of them. (Multiple instances of the first granted ability are redundant.)

    Source: wotc
  3. April 16, 2021

    Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.

    Source: wotc
  4. April 16, 2021

    For example, if you control Archmage Emeritus and cast an instant or sorcery spell, Archmage Emeritus's magecraft ability will trigger and you will draw a card.

    Source: wotc
  5. April 16, 2021

    Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.

    Source: wotc
  6. April 16, 2021

    Elemental Expressionist has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, the second ability granted to the target creature doesn't care that the creature's controller is the one exiling it. If the creature is put into exile for any reason, that ability will trigger.

    Source: wotc
  7. April 16, 2021

    If you target a creature token with Elemental Expressionist's ability, and that token would leave the battlefield, it is still exiled (very briefly) before it ceases to exist, and you will still create an Elemental token.

    Source: wotc
  8. April 16, 2021

    If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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