---
name: "Baleful Mastery"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "90068"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chris Cold"
oracle_id: "adfcdadd-ddda-477b-8e72-0cae2430fb63"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/baleful-mastery-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Baleful Mastery
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may pay {1}{B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the {1}{B} cost was paid, an opponent draws a card.
Exile target creature or planeswalker.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Baleful Force](/printing/baleful-force-c13.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Final Reward](/printing/final-reward-akr.md) — Instant
3. [Feed the Serpent](/printing/feed-the-serpent-khm.md) — Instant
4. [Sickening Shoal](/printing/sickening-shoal-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
5. [Deadly Embrace](/printing/deadly-embrace-fin.md) — Sorcery
6. [Planeswalker's Scorn](/printing/planeswalkers-scorn-pls.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90068
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chris Cold
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`