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Magus of the Bridge

Creature — Human Wizard

Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
When a creature is put into an opponent's graveyard from the battlefield, exile this creature.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{B}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Modern Horizons 2 Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#20623
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Magus of the Bridge card art
Magus of the Bridge converts your graveyard into a flood of 2/2 Zombie tokens every upkeep — the board-presence engine is real, and recursive threats like Nether Traitor keep feeding it for free. The cost is that you're locked into a slow, upkeep-dependent payoff that dies to a single Swords to Plowshares before it ever triggers.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Magus of the Bridge actually earns its slot — multiplayer games go long, graveyards fill up naturally, and an upkeep trigger that produces multiple tokens compounds fast when you're facing three opponents. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but irrelevant; those formats kill you before an upkeep trigger matters, and a five-mana 4/4 with no immediate impact is a non-starter. Modern is the same story — too slow, too fragile, no competitive home. Oathbreaker follows Commander's logic and is the one other format where Magus of the Bridge could theoretically see play in the right shell.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Magus of the Bridge isn't currently available in our system — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given that it's a niche Commander card with a narrow combo identity, it likely sits in budget-to-mid range territory, but verify before buying.

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