Magus of the Will

c16Commander 2016#14rare
{2}{B}
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Understand this card

Oracle text

Creature — Human Wizard

{2}{B}, {T}, Exile this creature: Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard. If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.

P/T3/3
Ability breakdown
Abilities
Activated{2}{B}, {T}, Exile this creature: Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard. If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.
Rulings
  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Cards that would be put into your graveyard are exiled even if you didn't play them this turn, such as a nontoken creature that would die.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    If another effect tries to change where a spell is put as it resolves, such as that of a rebound or buyback ability, you may choose whether to exile the card to Magus of the Will's effect or to apply the other effect.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Magus of the Will doesn't change when you can play the cards in your graveyard. For example, if you have a creature card without flash in your graveyard, you can cast it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Tokens are put into your graveyard as normal (and cease to exist soon after). Abilities that trigger when a creature dies can trigger on token creatures being put into your graveyard but won't trigger on nontoken creatures being exiled instead of being put into your graveyard.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    You may play a land card from your graveyard only if you have an available land play.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    You pay the costs for a card in your graveyard if you cast it. You may pay alternative costs such as overload rather than the card's mana cost.

Why you'd run this

Plays as
Graveyard Recast

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Where you can play it

commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
"These eyes have shown me the flaws of flesh."
Illustrated by
Vincent Proce
Market & price history
Reference & links
Card details
Artist
Vincent Proce
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval