Magus of the Mind

Magus of the Mind

Creature — Human Wizard

Mana cost: {4}{U}{U}

How we read this card

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.

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Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, shuffle a library, exile a card, play a land.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Magus of the Mind onto the battlefield from your library

12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Wizard creature dies — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

  1. Expedition Diviner — When Magus of the Mind is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Expedition Diviner draws you 1 card

a land is played — 97 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

When a land plays a land thanks to Magus of the Mind:

  1. Flubs, the Fool — draws you 1 card
  2. Infernal Sovereign — draws you 1 card
  3. Shadow of the Goblin — deals 1 damage
  4. The Endstone — draws you 1 card
  5. Horn of Greed — makes a player draw 1 card
  6. Pangosaur — triggers
  7. City of Traitors — sacrifices itself

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Human creature in a graveyard — 142 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

When Magus of the Mind is in the graveyard:

  1. Survivors' Bond — can bring it back
  2. Angel of Glory's Rise — can bring it back

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Human creature dies — 143 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

When Magus of the Mind is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Xathrid Necromancer — makes a token
  2. Village Cannibals — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 150 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

  1. Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter — When Magus of the Mind is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter makes you lose life

a Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

  1. Laid to Rest — When Magus of the Mind is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Laid to Rest draws you 1 card

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Magus of the Mind enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Magus of the Mind enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

When you sacrifice Magus of the Mind:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

When you sacrifice Magus of the Mind:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Magus of the Mind, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Magus of the Mind, it triggers

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

When Magus of the Mind is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Thwart the Grave — can bring it back
  3. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  4. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  5. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  6. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  7. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  8. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  9. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  10. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

When Magus of the Mind dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back

63 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Magus of the Mind fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Magus of the Mind attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

150 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Magus of the Mind is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Magus of the Mind attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

222 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.