Musician
Creature — Human Wizard
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
: Put a music counter on target creature. If it doesn't have "At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay for each music counter on it," it gains that ability.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition II
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22030
Musician is a repeatable tapper that converts blue mana into soft control — each activation untaps it and taps a target permanent, effectively locking down a problem creature or utility piece every turn for one blue. The cost is real: a 1/1 body dies to a stiff breeze, and opponents get priority to respond before the tap resolves, so it never quite shuts something down cleanly.
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 |
In Commander, Musician occupies a very narrow lane — blue tap-out control decks that want incremental board presence without spending hard removal, and specifically those that can grant Musician haste or copy its activated ability to squeeze multiple taps per turn. Legacy and Vintage allow it but the competition from actual counterspells and permanent-based lock pieces is brutal, so Musician never sees real play there. Oathbreaker is the one place where a single repeatable tap effect on a cheap body can punch above its weight, especially in slower pods. Outside blue-based tap-synergy builds, there are better options in every format it's legal in.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Musician, which likely reflects its obscurity rather than any scarcity premium. Check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market — given how infrequently Musician sees play, it almost certainly sits in bulk-rare or sub-dollar territory.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.