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Staff of the Wild Magus

Magic: The GatheringMagic 2015#236

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Mana cost

Magic 2015M15 · #236
Card type
Artifact
Rarity
Uncommon
Indicative price
0.10 € · ★ 0.21 € · 0.19 $ · ★ 0.54 $
Mana value
3
Colour
Colourless

Card text

Whenever you cast a green spell or a Forest you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Format legality

  • CommanderLegal
  • DuelLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PennyLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator
Daniel Ljunggren
Card language
English
Release date
2014-07-18

Flavour text

A symbol of ferocity in oppressive times.

Rulings

Each of these artifacts cares about any land with the appropriate basic land type. For example, Staff of the Sun Magus’s ability triggers when any land with the subtype Plains enters the battlefield under your control, not just lands named Plains.

If you cast a copy of a card that’s a certain color, the appropriate Staff’s ability will trigger. However, if you copy a spell on the stack without casting that copy, it will not.

Most nonbasic lands don’t have basic land types, even if they produce colored mana. For example, Caves of Koilos is neither a Plains nor a Swamp. Having one enter the battlefield under your control won’t cause Staff of the Sun Magus’s ability to trigger.

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