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Magnanimous Magistrate

Creature — Human Advisor

This creature enters with five reprieve counters on it.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, if its mana value was 1 or greater, you may remove that many reprieve counters from this creature. If you do, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{5}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Jumpstart 2022
Price
$0.09
EDHREC rank
#23764
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Magnanimous Magistrate card art
Magnanimous Magistrate enters with a counter for each opponent — up to three in a pod — and lets you spend those counters to give creatures flash at instant speed, turning any threat into a surprise blocker or a blink trigger with Restoration Angel. The cost is five mana for a 2/4, which is steep unless the flash-granting ability is doing real work on every turn cycle.

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 Magnanimous Magistrate is built to live — three opponents means three counters immediately, and multiplayer tables give you enough turn cycles to actually spend them on meaningful flash grants. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but a five-mana 2/4 with a slow-burn activated ability has no competitive footing in either format. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if your planeswalker strategy wants flash access on key creatures.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.09 bulk tier

At $0.09, Magnanimous Magistrate is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb without a combo breakout, so pick up copies freely but don't expect movement.

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