The Magic Mirror
Legendary Artifact
This spell costs 
less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a knowledge counter on The Magic Mirror, then draw a card for each knowledge counter on The Magic Mirror.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $4.97
- EDHREC rank
- #4857
The Magic Mirror enters with a counter for each instant and sorcery in your graveyard, then adds one more every upkeep — translating a full graveyard into a permanent, ever-growing hand size with no ceiling. The nine-mana sticker price is brutal, but commanders like Braids, Conjurer Adept can cheat it into play and make that cost irrelevant.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Braids, Conjurer Adept
Braids, Conjurer Adept's triggered ability lets you put The Magic Mirror directly onto the battlefield, sidestepping the nine-mana cast cost entirely and landing an engine that snowballs hand size every upkeep.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci rewards casting spells and filling your graveyard with instants and sorceries, which means The Magic Mirror enters with a pile of counters already loaded and only keeps growing.
Octavia, Living Thesis
Octavia, Living Thesis wants exactly eight or more instants and sorceries in the graveyard to flip, so The Magic Mirror doubles as a payoff that arrives stacked with counters the moment Octavia's threshold is met.
Jhoira of the Ghitu
Jhoira of the Ghitu's suspend strategy fills the graveyard over time, and The Magic Mirror converts that accumulated spell count into a hand-size advantage that keeps the suspend engine fed.
Baral, Chief of Compliance
Baral, Chief of Compliance reduces the cost of every spell and loots on each counterspell, building a graveyard fast — The Magic Mirror turns that depth into a permanent hand-size lead that Baral's cheap interaction sustains indefinitely.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where The Magic Mirror actually lives — a spell-heavy blue deck can land it with five or more counters already stacked, and the upkeep trigger compounds that into a hand-size advantage no opponent can race without removing it. In Legacy and Vintage the nine-mana cost is a non-starter; those formats end games before The Magic Mirror would ever resolve naturally, and neither format has the graveyard-depth subgame that makes the counter payoff worthwhile. Modern and Pioneer are technically legal homes, but the same problem applies at a slightly slower rate — no competitive shell there wants a nine-drop enchantment when the format's top-end spells close games for half the mana. Oathbreaker offers a compressed Commander-like environment where a spell-slinging planeswalker can set up a similar graveyard, making it the only non-Commander format worth considering.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.97 cheap tier
At $4.97, The Magic Mirror sits in a comfortable budget tier for a card that functions as a late-game engine in dedicated spell-heavy Commander builds. That price reflects its narrow fit — powerful enough to earn a slot in the right deck, not splashy enough to drive broad demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Braids, Conjurer Adept
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Octavia, Living Thesis
- Jhoira of the Ghitu
- Baral, Chief of Compliance
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.