Magus of the Wheel
Creature — Human Wizard
, 
, Sacrifice this creature: Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2015
- Price
- $1.00
- EDHREC rank
- #1090
Magus of the Wheel hands you a fresh seven cards for three mana and a tap — one of the most efficient mass-draw effects in Commander. The fragile body is the real cost, but in the right shell, it rarely needs to survive past the turn it fires.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Nekusar, the Mindrazer turns every card drawn into a damage trigger, so Magus of the Wheel dealing each opponent seven fresh pings while refilling your hand is exactly the engine the deck is built around — inclusion rate above 66% reflects how central it is.
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Chainer, Nightmare Adept can discard Magus of the Wheel to cast it from the graveyard with haste, letting you skip the summoning-sickness window and wheel immediately the same turn you deploy it.
Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark
Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark triggers on every discard the wheel forces on you, so Magus of the Wheel converts your own seven discards into seven +1/+1 counters and seven damage to an opponent in one shot.
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider spawns a Devil token for every card opponents draw, and Magus of the Wheel forces each opponent to draw seven — that's up to twenty-one bodies from a single activation in a four-player pod.
The Locust God
The Locust God makes a 1/1 flying Insect for each card drawn, so Magus of the Wheel's seven-card refill instantly floods the board with seven Insects — and that's before opponents draw their own new hands.
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 Magus of the Wheel lives — three opponents drawing seven cards each amplifies every symmetry-breaking payoff from Nekusar, the Mindrazer to The Locust God in ways a two-player context simply can't match. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant: Wheel of Fortune itself is available, and a three-mana sorcery-speed creature that telegraphs the effect a full turn early has no competitive role. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format worth noting, where the smaller pod and faster pace make the wheel effect slightly less explosive but still functional in discard-matters builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.00 cheap tier
At $1.00, Magus of the Wheel sits firmly in the budget tier — strong enough to slot into nearly any red wheel-payoff deck without a second thought about cost. That price reflects wide reprint availability, and there's no reason to expect it to climb meaningfully given how often it gets reprinted in supplemental products.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nekusar, the Mindrazer
- Chainer, Nightmare Adept
- Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark
- Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
- The Locust God
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.