Prodigal Sorcerer

Creature — Human Wizard

{T}: Prodigal Sorcerer deals 1 damage to any target (creature, player or planeswalker).

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Sam_liv on Ghyrson’s Bonerstorm of Pinging You To Death

1 year ago

I like this deck! I could imagine adding Prodigal Sorcerer and Flame Jab.

WorstWarlock on Infinite combo too slow

1 year ago

Add Prodigal Sorcerer and as soon as he hits the board you can switch to looping him instead to win the game.

legendofa on How is Camaraderie a Bend?

1 year ago

Prodigal Sorcerer, not Pyromancer.

Epicurus on Early Years Lingo

1 year ago

Hello players young and old!

I've been playing MtG since Revised (3rd Edition) was released in '94, and lately I've been feeling nostalgic. Probably because my brother's birthday was a couple days ago, and he was who got me playing in the first place.

One thing in particular that I've been ruminating about is the evolution of the slang, the jargon, the lingo. Specifically, how it has changed - at least in my understanding of it. You see, 1994 was still the infancy of the internet. Yes, there were "chat rooms" and message boards, but nothing like the social media we have had in the past couple decades. And some of us, who grew up in very rural areas like myself, didn't have home internet access at all. So it's interesting to speculate on just how the slang was spread in the first place.

I remember when everyone I know referred to Prodigal Sorcerer as "Tim," because the original artwork for the card resembled Tim the Enchanter from Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail. Subsequently, for a while thereafter, any creature that had the "{T}: Deal 1 damage to any target" ability was also called Tim. However, I haven't heard Tim used in that context in a very long time, and obviously the name has a completely different meaning now.

I remember that the "H" in EDH stands for "Highlander," as in "There can be only one," referring to the singleton aspect of the format. However, I also remember previous singleton formats which existed before EDH, and they were just called Highlander. The term "Singleton" is, for me at least, relatively new.

I remember when instant and/or sorcery direct damage, or "burn," was called "Cheese," although, pre-internet, I don't know how widely that term was used. Was that something only my LGS said, or was it common in other circles?

I remember when creatures with powerful abilities but with toughness 3 or less were referred to as "Lightning Rods," and nobody ever used the phrase "the bolt test." Again, I don't know if that was just us at my LGS.

Do you remember any old lingo from days gone by? Do you still use that antiquated terminology? Do you have any slang that is unique to your playgroup and/or LGS? Please share!

Thank you!

Squee_Spirit_Guide on The World was Silent No More - Premodern Elves

1 year ago

I'm sorry you had all your decks stolen, that's really awful! This looks like a fun build to come out of a sad story though. I love seeing pre-modern decks people put together with the cards sitting in their collection :)

I'd be tempted to add some elf lords like Kaysa and Elvish Champion? Back in the day I thought Coat of Arms was the coolest tribal card ever and it could make this deck pretty explosive. Also, what do you think about a single Pendelhaven to save some elves from those pesky Prodigal Sorcerers?

VensersJournalist on UW Sting

2 years ago

Try some of the following:

Psychosis Crawler + card draw

Aegis of Honor

Arcbound Javelineer

Prodigal Sorcerer

Rhadamanthus on Can you return multiple creatures …

2 years ago

MagicMarc: For your "tap" example, you're thinking about a situation where an effect tries to tap something that's already tapped. In that case the effect just skips the impossible action and moves on. A permanent that's already tapped can't be tapped again to pay a cost (otherwise, Prodigal Sorcerer says "win the game"). The detailed rules for tapping and untapping cover this:

701.21. Tap and Untap
701.21a To tap a permanent, turn it sideways from an upright position. Only untapped permanents can be tapped.
701.21b To untap a permanent, rotate it back to the upright position from a sideways position. Only tapped permanents can be untapped.

Epicurus on Card creation challenge

2 years ago

Prodigal Powerstone

Artifact

Whenever a Wizard or Shaman you control deals noncombat damage, treat that damage as though its source is Prodigal Powerstone

: Create a 1/1 Blue Wizard creature token with ": This creature deals 1 damage to any target"

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I like this idea, because it gets around protection. It would probably be a sideboard card for that reason, although I'd be interested in arguments to consider it as a mainboard card.

Also, fun fact: Prodigal Sorcerer used to be referred to colloquially as "Timmy," because the original artwork resembled Tim, the Enchanter from Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail. Subsequently, any creatures that had an activated ability which dealt direct damage were referred to collectively as "Tims."

Yes, I'm old.

Create a BLACK BORDERED card that is meant to represent the Black Knight from that movie.