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Mistfire Adept

Creature — Human Monk3 generic manaBlue mana

Prowess and an evasion-grant share the same trigger here, and that overlap is the whole point: every noncreature spell you cast both pumps this Monk and hands flying to a creature of your choice. Most prowess bodies only grow; this one converts the same spell into a way to push damage through a clogged board, including onto itself when it is the size that needs to connect. The two effects compound in one window because they read off the same event, so a single cantrip turns a ground-stalled 3/3 into a 4/4 flier, or sends the buff to a bigger threat while the Monk holds back the floor. The cost of all this is a deckbuilding demand: the triggers fire only when you have noncreature spells to cast, so an empty hand leaves a plain 3/3 with two abilities waiting on a trigger that never comes. That tension defines where it belongs, in a spells-matter shell where the engine runs every turn rather than as a midrange creature you cast and pass. Spell-payoff bodies usually just reward stacking instants and sorceries by getting larger; the flying rider does the work most of them leave out, letting a board of small attackers actually close instead of merely swelling while the stall holds.

Mistfire Adept (frf)
FRF · #42uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.05
Foil: $0.68
Oracle Text

Rules text

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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