Black Mage's Rod
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Final Fantasy #90 (common)
- Price
- $0.28 USD
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0, has "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent," and is a Wizard in addition to its other types.
Equip {3}
Black Mage's Rod has 1 printing, first in Final Fantasy (2025). EDHREC ranks it #2,530 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied decks (21,080 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Black Mage's Rod most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied: 21,080 decks
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 5,903 decks
- Noctis, Prince of Lucis: 4,177 decks
- Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin: 4,055 decks
- Black Waltz No. 3: 3,728 decks
- Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 3,582 decks
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist: 2,103 decks
- G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn: 1,905 decks
Often played with Black Mage's Rod
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The granted ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
- : If the job select ability causes two Hero tokens to be created (due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), the Equipment becomes attached to only one of them.
- : The Hero token enters as a 1/1 creature, then the Equipment becomes attached to it. Abilities that trigger when a creature enters the battlefield see that a 1/1 creature entered the battlefield.
- : You may pay the Equipment's equip cost as normal to move it from the Hero token to another creature you control.
- : If the Hero token is destroyed, the Equipment stays on the battlefield.