Magus of the Balance
~$0.26 low · ~$0.29 high
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White. Creature — Human Wizard

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #699 · Illustrated by Kev Walker
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Oracle text
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, Sacrifice this creature: Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.
2/2
Format legality
All 2 printings of Magus of the Balance
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate clb #699· 2022rare· Cardmarket €0.17 | rare | $0.26 | €0.17 | |
Commander 2018 c18 #5· 2018rare· Cardmarket €0.18 | rare | $0.29 | €0.18 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2018
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #18,999 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Kev Walker
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate card (#699).
699 · CLB · R · EN
- 699Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- CLBSet code for Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (3)
July 13, 2018
Players can't take actions once Magus of the Balance's ability begins to resolve until it's done resolving. If any abilities trigger during this process, they're put onto the stack after it's done resolving.
July 13, 2018
When Magus of the Balance's ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is chooses an appropriate number of lands they control (which may be zero if that player doesn't control more lands than the player who controls the fewest). Then each other player in turn order does the same, knowing choices made by previous players. Finally, all of the chosen lands are sacrificed simultaneously. Players repeat this process for cards in hand and creatures they control, except while choosing cards in hand, players won't know the identity of cards chosen by the previous players.
July 13, 2018
If a player has zero cards in hand, controls no lands, or controls no creatures, other players will have to discard their entire hand, sacrifice all of their lands, or sacrifice all of their creatures, as appropriate.
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