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Magus of the Will

Creature — Human Wizard2 generic manaBlack mana

Yawgmoth's Will rebuilt as a creature, with the speed bled out on purpose. The original spell was one of the most broken cards ever printed because it bought a full turn of graveyard-as-second-hand at low cost, and storm and combo shells used it as a detonator: replay your spent rituals and tutors, win on the spot, no second loop required (the exile-replacement clause meant the spell itself never lingered in the yard anyway). This version stretches the same engine across a setup curve. You pay for the body, deploy a vulnerable 3/3 that telegraphs the turn ahead, then pay 2 generic manaBlack mana and tap and exile the creature itself to unlock the effect. The sequence is where the cost lives: the total mana climbs, the threat sits exposed for a turn, and the activation spends the Magus for good, so there is no recasting the same Will next turn. The attached clause (anything that would hit your graveyard this turn is exiled instead) carries the same self-limiting tax the sorcery did, and it cuts the same way: you cannot loop a sacrifice outlet to refill the bin mid-turn, which closes a loop cheap recursion would otherwise invite. What the friction buys is a body that can attack or block and an activation available at instant speed, converting a one-shot combo trigger into a slower value engine you have to protect and commit to a full turn ahead.

Magus of the Will (pz2)
PZ2 · #21rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.36
Foil: $0.56
Oracle Text

Rules text

2 generic manaBlack mana, Tap, Exile this creature: Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard. If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

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