---
name: "Matterbending Mage"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Flavio Greco Paglia"
oracle_id: "94688e25-28cb-45aa-95ea-0d6f547cae57"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/matterbending-mage-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Matterbending Mage
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, return up to one other target creature to its owner's hand.
Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, this creature can't be blocked this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Minamo Sightbender](/printing/minamo-sightbender-bok.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Crafty Pathmage](/printing/crafty-pathmage-9ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Escape Artist](/printing/escape-artist-ody.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Passwall Adept](/printing/passwall-adept-clu.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Academy Journeymage](/printing/academy-journeymage-plst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Exclusion Mage](/printing/exclusion-mage-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #59
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Flavio Greco Paglia
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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