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Staff of the Wild Magus

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Artifact

M14Magic 2014#223uncommon
Foil

A symbol of ferocity in oppressive times.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Daniel Ljunggren
Found in
2014 Core Set MTGO Redemption · 2014 Core Set MTGO Redemption Foil · 8 more
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Whenever you cast a green spell or a Forest you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Plays as: Lifegain Source

Market · per finishspark updated 16h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+12.5%
$0.18
$0.05 low$0.04 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.53
$0.25 low$0.17 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.14· across 2 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Jul 18, 2014 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJul 18, 2014

    Each of these artifacts cares about any land with the appropriate basic land type. For example, Staff of the Sun Magus’s ability triggers when any land with the subtype Plains enters the battlefield under your control, not just lands named Plains.

  • WotCJul 18, 2014

    If you cast a copy of a card that’s a certain color, the appropriate Staff’s ability will trigger. However, if you copy a spell on the stack without casting that copy, it will not.

  • WotCJul 18, 2014

    Most nonbasic lands don’t have basic land types, even if they produce colored mana. For example, Caves of Koilos is neither a Plains nor a Swamp. Having one enter the battlefield under your control won’t cause Staff of the Sun Magus’s ability to trigger.