Fun with dredge, though obviously not as efficient as the Bazaar of Baghdad. Why doesn't it cost U? WHY? First turn magus would be so broken in my reanimation deck.
nukeme11
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(12 votes)
I love it when people answer their own questions like that.
Aun
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Was morely theoratically, I guess.
OverfiendSurprise
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
very appropriate flavor text on a highly functional card. well done WotC ^_^
EternalLurker
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(6 votes)
@Selez:
..."Obviously not as efficient as the Bazaar of Baghdad"? Does Magus of the Bazaar waste your land drop for the turn? Can Bazaar of Baghdad chump-block in a pinch, or be tapped by a Patron Wizard, or be sacced by a Voidmage Prodigy? Can Pemmin's Aura or Crab Umbra allow Bazaar of Baghdad to work multiple times in a turn?
The original Bazaar may be somewhat more useful for the kinds of decks that you prefer to build, but Magus of the Bazaar has enough potential advantages over it that it is undoubtedly better for other types of decks.
Horos_god_of_magic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I just found a hidden gem for any EDH Wizard tribe deck (most of the decks are for duels).
@Eternallurker
Well, at least bazaar of baghdad doesn't die to all removal in the game.
Card disadvantage, but could work in my reanimator deck.
Fanaticmogg
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
In graveyard-based decks the Bazaar is more efficient. If you want card selection, use Merfolk Looter.
DarthParallax
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(9 votes)
Everyone who rated this card lower than 3.5, stop being a fool. If you're looking at TIME SPIRAL block cards, out of every other set, you should be thinking about old school, I mean OLD SCHOOL Magic. If there is one thing that trying to understand Old School Magic has taught me, it is that "Game Zone: Graveyard" is broken in half. Egregiously so. I'd bet money that discarding three of your own cards is actually better than drawing two. The 'in the right deck' argument is true of all off-beat strategies, but the Graveyard-based ones have proven themselves enough to not be considered off-beat at all anymore. That's just what you're supposed to do. This card is screaming 'BREAK ME!' at the top of its lungs louder than almost any other in the game. Except maybe One With Nothing.
Undertakerx7
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This would have been much better as a brainstorm ability.
I am quite fond of him. Firstly, great art and flavor text, but also very very powerful in madness, self-mill or Reanimation. Not only does he fill your graveyard, he sifts through your library as well! A real winner, but not broken. (Like most of the magus cycle)
cheezeizgood
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this thing in my reanimator deck. The discard three can be a little expensive and I may end up discarding a land that I might need, but it's worth it to reanimate the Jin-Gitaxias I just discarded.
Brastus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@DarthParallax
Thats what she said.
Im sorry. some one had to.
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
With a net discard of one, this is pretty amazing. If you've ever played a deck where you've wanted to discard a card or otherwise fill your yard (such as if you were playing Odyssey or Innistrad, or if you've ever played a deck with Putrid Imp or Stinkweed Imp), the fact that you get to draw two extra cards before you use this for flushing your hand every turn is awesome. And all for just {1U}.
goldstar971
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is a fixed Bazzar of Baghdad. THe original is so broken in vintage dredge. Drdge decks in vintage litterally mull down to it and then proceed to win in five turns and there isn't really an answer to it at least not in game one. That's why i like this card a lot though it could use shroud but hate bazzar of Baghdad.
feedbacker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Gotta say, the artwork on this is amazing! Screams blue-black and is grim as fvck
the card really shines in reanimator/madness/flashback too
solid 4/5
Werewolf-
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@EternalLurker
Dropping Bazaar of Baghdad doesn't "waste" your land drop in a dredge deck. It is an uncounterable dredge engine that is tappable the moment it hits the battlefield, and therefore it is in fact the best single land drop you can ever make. The ability to use the magus as a blocker or to equip him with things that let him tap multiple times is totally irrelevant--in the time it takes you to do any of that stuff, you mind as well have just been playing Bazaar, because you'd have won the game already. The argument that this guy is better for "other decks" is invalid, too, because just about every deck in Magic that isn't dredge and reanimator wants things in their hand, not in their graveyard, and for that this guy is pure card disadvantage.
In summary, decks that play from the graveyard (ie dredge/reanimator) should use Bazaar of Baghdad over this guy, because Bazaar doesn't die as easily, it's free, and it activates the turn it comes out. Every other deck shouldn't be dredging. This magus is almost completely useless.
shotoku64
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Could've been an uncommon, can't say anything else that hasn't already been said
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not my style. Needs graveyard power, otherwise it sucks. I know this makes me a bad player, seeing how retarded dredge, reanimation, and madness can be, but I prefer to hold onto my cards.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The best thing they did to the cycle of Magus' (Magi?) was make them creatures.
Creatures are a much more vulnerable permanent to deal with than any other. You can burn them, wipe them, attack them, block them, force an attack, force a block... It's no wonder cards like Path to Exile are used constantly in Modern.
The other drawback of having a creature is summoning sickness. With the old Bazaar, you could drop it and immediately dance if you want to. Here, you have to play it, wait a turn, and then use the ability. Considering the ease of removing creatures (especially 0/1's), you essentially played a "target player discards a kill spell" card.
Missile_Penguin
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Nearly every card in Time Spiral block was a throwback to at least one previously printed card.
If you're playing dredge, Bazaar of Baghdad is the best land drop possible. Unlike the Magus, the Bazaar activates turn 1 and is free. Voidmage Prodigy and Patron Wizard aren't played in vintage, ever, so disregard that completely. Those auras are easy two-for-ones, and dredge uses Fatestitcher to untap the Bazaar anyway. If you're chump blocking, ever, you're doing it wrong.
"undoubtedly better for other types of decks" - if you're running Magus or the Bazaar over, say, Merfolk Looter or a cephalid... you're doing it wrong.
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..."Obviously not as efficient as the Bazaar of Baghdad"? Does Magus of the Bazaar waste your land drop for the turn? Can Bazaar of Baghdad chump-block in a pinch, or be tapped by a Patron Wizard, or be sacced by a Voidmage Prodigy? Can Pemmin's Aura or Crab Umbra allow Bazaar of Baghdad to work multiple times in a turn?
The original Bazaar may be somewhat more useful for the kinds of decks that you prefer to build, but Magus of the Bazaar has enough potential advantages over it that it is undoubtedly better for other types of decks.
Well, at least bazaar of baghdad doesn't die to all removal in the game.
Card disadvantage, but could work in my reanimator deck.
Thats what she said.
Im sorry. some one had to.
the card really shines in reanimator/madness/flashback too
solid 4/5
Dropping Bazaar of Baghdad doesn't "waste" your land drop in a dredge deck. It is an uncounterable dredge engine that is tappable the moment it hits the battlefield, and therefore it is in fact the best single land drop you can ever make. The ability to use the magus as a blocker or to equip him with things that let him tap multiple times is totally irrelevant--in the time it takes you to do any of that stuff, you mind as well have just been playing Bazaar, because you'd have won the game already. The argument that this guy is better for "other decks" is invalid, too, because just about every deck in Magic that isn't dredge and reanimator wants things in their hand, not in their graveyard, and for that this guy is pure card disadvantage.
In summary, decks that play from the graveyard (ie dredge/reanimator) should use Bazaar of Baghdad over this guy, because Bazaar doesn't die as easily, it's free, and it activates the turn it comes out. Every other deck shouldn't be dredging. This magus is almost completely useless.
Creatures are a much more vulnerable permanent to deal with than any other. You can burn them, wipe them, attack them, block them, force an attack, force a block... It's no wonder cards like Path to Exile are used constantly in Modern.
The other drawback of having a creature is summoning sickness. With the old Bazaar, you could drop it and immediately dance if you want to. Here, you have to play it, wait a turn, and then use the ability. Considering the ease of removing creatures (especially 0/1's), you essentially played a "target player discards a kill spell" card.
This card references Bazaar of Baghdad and is part of the "Magus" super cycle of rare creatures. The cards in Planar Chaos all reference one of the most powerful lands ever; the others are Magus of the Tabernacle, Magus of the Coffers, Magus of the Arena, and Magus of the Library.
The Time Spiral part of the cycle focuses on powerful artifacts: Magus of the Candelabra, Magus of the Disk, Magus of the Mirror, Magus of the Jar, and Magus of the Scroll. The Future Sight part of the cycle focuses on powerful enchantments: Magus of the Moat, Magus of the Future, Magus of the Abyss, Magus of the Moon, and Magus of the Vineyard.
If you're playing dredge, Bazaar of Baghdad is the best land drop possible. Unlike the Magus, the Bazaar activates turn 1 and is free. Voidmage Prodigy and Patron Wizard aren't played in vintage, ever, so disregard that completely. Those auras are easy two-for-ones, and dredge uses Fatestitcher to untap the Bazaar anyway. If you're chump blocking, ever, you're doing it wrong.
"undoubtedly better for other types of decks" - if you're running Magus or the Bazaar over, say, Merfolk Looter or a cephalid... you're doing it wrong.