Magus of the Will
Creature — Human Wizard
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, Exile this creature: Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard. If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16621
Magus of the Will hands you a second copy of Yawgmoth's Will on a 3/3 body — the effect is that strong, full stop. The cost is real: you exile the graveyard to activate it, so timing matters, but any deck that wants to recur a full graveyard's worth of resources should be running this.
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 Will earns its keep — graveyard-centric black decks treat it as slots five through eight of Yawgmoth's Will, and the creature type opens up tutor lines that the sorcery doesn't. In Legacy it's legal but rarely played, since the original Will is available and you're not usually searching for the effect with creature tutors in that format. Vintage follows the same logic: the real Will is right there, and a fragile 3/3 that needs a tap activation is too slow for the format's pace. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Magus of the Will pulls real weight, especially in signature-spell shells that already lean on the graveyard.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available in the current feed for Magus of the Will, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Historically it trades in the budget-to-mid range and is worth picking up whenever you find it under a few dollars — the effect is powerful enough that the price has room to move on any graveyard-themed set release.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.