Card
Mages' Contest
Mana cost {1}{R}{R}
You and target spell's controller bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of 1. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid. If you win the bidding, counter that spell.
Part of 1 known combo, one of them two-card.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · INV · #154
- Cheapest printing
- €6.69
- EDHREC salt
- 0.54
- Color identity
- Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Mindslaver
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Mindslaver
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Mindslaver (none of them early)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
1 known combo, one of them two-card.
- Mindslaver + Mages' Contest
Produces: Target player loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
No official rulings for this card.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast