Magus of the Mind
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Human Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 5
- Set
- Commander 2017 #12 (rare)
- Price
- $0.19 USD
{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Shuffle your library, then exile the top X cards, where X is one plus the number of spells cast this turn. Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
Magus of the Mind has 2 printings, first in Commander 2017 (2017). EDHREC ranks it #24,059 among Commander cards. It appears most in Haldan, Avid Arcanist decks (1 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Magus of the Mind
- Arcane Wizardry - Commander 2017, led by Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Commanders that run Magus of the Mind most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Haldan, Avid Arcanist: 1 decks
Often played with Magus of the Mind
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Tormenting Voice, those must be paid to cast the card.
- : Any of the cards you don’t play will remain in exile.
- : If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- : You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for cards you cast this way.
- : If no spells have been cast in the turn you activate Magus of the Mind’s ability, X is one.
- : You may play a land exiled this way only if you have an available land play this turn.