Magmatic Channeler
Creature — Human Wizard
As long as there are four or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +3/+1.
, Discard a card: Exile the top two cards of your library, then choose one of them. You may play that card this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #13620
Magmatic Channeler turns exile-based card advantage into a 4/4 threat that replaces itself every turn — the payoff is real the moment you hit four instants and sorceries in exile. Laelia, the Blade Reforged decks reach for it because both effects compound off the same resource, but any red deck that exiles cards to draw cards should be running this.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Laelia, the Blade Reforged
Laelia, the Blade Reforged and Magmatic Channeler want identical things — exile spells, grow a threat, draw more — so the Channeler hits 4/4 status almost automatically in a Laelia list while providing a second axis of pressure that survives if Laelia gets answered.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Magmatic Channeler slots cleanly into any red deck built around impulse draw or spell-slinging, where the exile pile fills fast and the 4/4 body shows up by turn four without extra effort. Modern and Pioneer spell-heavy red decks can use it as a threat that generates card selection, though dedicated aggro lists rarely want a setup-dependent two-drop. Legacy has more efficient options at every stage of the curve, so Magmatic Channeler rarely makes the cut there. Across formats, the card rewards the same deckbuilding discipline: if you're not consistently exiling three or more spells, you're running a 1/3 looting engine, which is fine but not the reason you're here.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Magmatic Channeler is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that pulls genuine weight in the right shell. Bulk rares this synergy-dependent tend to stay cheap unless a dominant archetype adopts them, so pick up copies now if you're building Laelia, the Blade Reforged or any exile-matters red list.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.