Is Magus of the Candelabra good in Commander?

Magus of the Candelabra in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Magus of the Candelabra untaps any number of lands for X mana — in the right shell, that's infinite mana with a single Staff of Domination and enough lands in play. The cost is real: it's a 1/1 that needs summoning sickness to wear off, which makes it a removal target the turn before it does anything. Agatha of the Vile Cauldron sidesteps that problem entirely by exiling it and putting its ability on a creature that's already active.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Agatha of the Vile Cauldron

86.4% of decks · synergy 0.84

Agatha of the Vile Cauldron is the defining home — she exiles Magus of the Candelabra from the graveyard and grafts its untap ability onto any creature she pumps, turning a fragile one-drop into a persistent engine that bypasses summoning sickness entirely.

02

Omo, Queen of Vesuva

62.1% of decks · synergy 0.59

Omo, Queen of Vesuva turns all lands into every basic land type, which means Magus of the Candelabra's untap ability can hit the entire board simultaneously — that kind of explosive mana generation fits perfectly into Omo's go-wide, supertype-matters gameplan.

03

Nikya of the Old Ways

59.4% of decks · synergy 0.57

Nikya of the Old Ways doubles mana from creatures but locks out noncreature spells, so Magus of the Candelabra slots in as one of the few mana engines that converts that surplus green mana into even more mana without requiring an instant or sorcery.

04

Redshift, Rocketeer Chief

52.3% of decks · synergy 0.50

Redshift, Rocketeer Chief cares about crew costs and speed — Magus of the Candelabra provides the burst mana needed to crew multiple vehicles and still hold up interaction in the same turn.

05

Yurlok of Scorch Thrash

44.4% of decks · synergy 0.42

Yurlok of Scorch Thrash forces mana burn, so generating obscene amounts of mana on your turn is a feature rather than a problem — Magus of the Candelabra feeds that strategy by turning a land-heavy board into a lethal mana spike before the phase ends.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
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 Candelabra belongs: the format's larger land counts and slower threat density give it the turn it needs to untap and start generating absurd value. In Legacy, it's legal but competes with faster, harder-to-answer mana engines and rarely makes the cut outside of niche Lands or combo shells. Vintage is the same story — the raw power floor is too low to register in a format defined by Moxen and Ancestral Recall. Oathbreaker is viable if you're building around a green signature spell and want a redundant untap effect, though the 20-life clock compresses timelines enough that the summoning-sickness tax stings more.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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