Esper Battlemage
Card Information
Type: Artifact Creature — Human Wizard
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity: 
Set: Shards of Alara (ALA)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 40
Oracle Text
{W}, {T}: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to you this turn. {B}, {T}: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 1, 2008
The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.
Source: wotc
Price History
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