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    Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act

    Creature — Goblin Sorcerer // Sorcery

    Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act

    Illustrated by Justin Gerard

    EDHREC Rank #18,369
    Prowess This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.) // You may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

    Rulings (15)

    If a prepared creature stops being a creature, it will still be prepared, and the copy of its prepare spell will remain in exile. That permanent's controller will still be able to cast it. The same is true if a prepared creature becomes a copy of something else, even if it's then a permanent without a prepare spell.

    Aug 21, 2026

    A creature without a prepare spell can't become prepared.

    Aug 21, 2026

    Being prepared isn't a copiable value. If a permanent becomes a copy of a prepared creature, it won't be prepared. That permanent will have the alternative characteristics, though, and some other effect could cause it to become prepared later.

    Aug 21, 2026

    Legality

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    Commander

    Competitive

    Digital

    Prints (3)

    Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act — Reality Fracture
    FRA#90$0.66
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    Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act — Reality Fracture
    FRA#428$0.78
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