Lord Magnus
Legendary Creature — Human Druid
First strike
Creatures with plainswalk can be blocked as though they didn't have plainswalk.
Creatures with forestwalk can be blocked as though they didn't have forestwalk.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $3.21
- EDHREC rank
- #29809
Lord Magnus shuts down fetch lands, Crop Rotation, and every land-tutoring effect on the board the moment it resolves — that static ability is the entire reason you run it. Five mana for a 3/4 is a real cost, but the effect is worth it in any meta where green ramp and landfall loops dominate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Lord Magnus earns its keep: green is the most popular color in the format, and land tutors like Sylvan Scrying, Crop Rotation, and fetchlands are everywhere, making Lord Magnus a punishing piece of hate that blankets multiple strategies simultaneously. Legacy and Vintage both allow it, but neither format is hunting for a five-mana do-nothing-to-the-board creature when Wasteland and Force of Will are doing the same disruption work more efficiently. Oathbreaker is legal and the hate effect is real there, but the smaller game size limits how often you'll want a five-drop that doesn't win the game.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$3.21 cheap tier
At $3.21, Lord Magnus sits in the budget-staple tier — cheap enough to include on a whim, but niche enough that demand stays low and the price isn't going anywhere dramatic. It holds value as long as green land tutors remain a fixture of Commander tables, which they will.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.