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Barrin, Master Wizard

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

{2}, Sacrifice a permanent: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Urza's Saga
Price
$4.08
EDHREC rank
#16260
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Barrin, Master Wizard card art
Barrin, Master Wizard turns sacrifice fodder into repeatable bounce, letting you return any permanent to its owner's hand by sacrificing a creature and paying two mana — on demand, at instant speed. The cost adds up fast, so you build around it by running tokens and enters-the-battlefield engines like Master of Waves rather than sacrificing creatures you actually want.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Barrin, Master Wizard does its best work, slotting into blue decks that generate expendable creatures — token engines, flicker loops, and sacrifice synergies all feed the ability without costing real resources. Legacy and Vintage legality is academic; the format speeds make a three-mana creature with an activated bounce ability far too slow to compete. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth noting, where a bounce-heavy gameplan around a planeswalker signature spell could use Barrin as a repeatable answer to resolved threats.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

8 decks
Volo, Guide to MonstersBarrin, Master WizardPeregrine Drake

Volo, Guide to MonstersBarrin, Master WizardPeregrine Drake

Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count

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Price Context

Current price

$4.08 cheap tier

At $4.08, Barrin, Master Wizard sits in the cheap tier — accessible enough that there's no reason to cut it on budget grounds if it fits the build. Casual demand from Commander keeps a floor under the price, but it's not a card that trends up; expect it to stay in this range.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.