Magus of the Mind
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SetC17
Collector #12
Released2017-08-25
Rarityrare
ArtistJohn Stanko
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Magus of the Mind

RareColour IDMV 6
Creature — Human Wizard
, , 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.
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Card capabilities
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Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2017-11-15Newest 2017-11-15
Rulings (6)
wotc25 Aug 2017
If no spells have been cast in the turn you activate Magus of the Mind’s ability, X is one.
wotc25 Aug 2017
You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for cards you cast this way.
wotc25 Aug 2017
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.
wotc25 Aug 2017
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.
wotc25 Aug 2017
Any of the cards you don’t play will remain in exile.
wotc25 Aug 2017
You may play a land exiled this way only if you have an available land play this turn.