Pointed Discussion

interesting... I guess I have no idea how to rate this card

With its colored activation costs, Wizards wouldn't necessarily make this creature cost three colors to cast anymore. Interesting thought.

similar to Phelddagrif

Look for the obscure Wandering Mage flavor text cameo on the 7th Edition Inferno!

It draws you in by being three colors and having three activated abilities, then disappoints when all three abilities are just damage prevention with no synergy between them at all.
Powerful chunks of damage block are pretty solid in limited, but being three colors is a big drawback.

@iandustrial: Yet the fifth, sixth, and eighth edition versions of Inferno have the exact same quote, but they credit Jaya Ballard. So...Wandering Mage is Jaya Ballard? I knew the color pie was leaking, but not this much!

Hmmm. Best uses are probably as a combo piece; -1/-1 counter ability in particular can give you ghetto immortality in conjunction with Morselhoarder, but that requires running TWO unprotected creatures and a bare minimum of 4 colors for a combination you can do with other creatures.

Grim Poppet can toss counters onto things.

I suppose you could always run her in a deck based around undying?