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The Scarlet Witch

Legendary Creature — Mutant Warlock Hero2 generic manaRed mana

Cost reduction that scales with a creature's power is a rare pairing, and the shape here inverts the usual math of big-spell decks. Most cost reducers shave a flat amount or key off card count; this one keys off a variable, the power of a single body, which means the discount only matters as much as you can push that number. A static 2/3 gives you a floor of two off, already a fair engine, but the whole design begs for red's temporary and permanent pump effects to turn a marginal trim into a genuine bargain: a single power boost is worth exactly one mana on every qualifying spell you cast that turn. The mana value 4-or-greater clause is the restriction that pays for it, walling off the trivial abuse. No free cantrips, no chaining out one-mana burn for value; the reduction is reserved for the expensive instants and sorceries where a discount actually swings a game, the X-spells and the top-end finishers. Three toughness is what keeps her out of range of the incidental pings that clean up mana dorks, so she survives to hold the discount live across multiple turns. She is a stationary enabler by nature: the ability runs whether she attacks or sits back, which frees the deck to treat her as pure cost structure and spend its turns casting the spells she cheapens rather than protecting a body that has to swing.

The Scarlet Witch (msh)
MSH · #431rare
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Instant and sorcery spells you cast with mana value 4 or greater cost X generic mana less to cast, where X is The Scarlet Witch's power.
Legalities

Format Status

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