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◇ Catalog #699

Magus of the Balance

clb·#699·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Kev Walker

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Jun '22

4 yr ago

Value

$0.27+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.28 · low $0.25

NM$0.27

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.25–$0.29modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.44low $0.19range 131.6%n 45

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,927 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.27

Gameplay

Creature — Human Wizard

{4}{W}, {T}, 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.

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Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 3

2018-07-13wotc

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.

2018-07-13wotc

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.

2018-07-13wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.27. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.19 and $0.44 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from CLB — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #699 of *Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2022 Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate release.

Card type: Creature — Human Wizard, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #17,927 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Kev Walker. Rarix catalogs 1,917 other cards credited to this artist.