Amusing, straightforward, inventive, and easily amalgamates with other cards.
GrimGorgonBC
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(6 votes)
If u hate goblins, get this card!!!!!!!!!!!
Qazior
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
I think it's not so good against goblins because goblin is usually, as far as i know, also burn deck. This will die in a second
Nobrainpower
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(6 votes)
I agree with Qazior completely. It will be the first thing Lightning Bolt strikes.
StarkWolf
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great against decks without any kind of removal. As long as you build your deck with fliers and direct damage this card can really stop an opponent in their tracks.
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Fantastic in a draft, Just make sure you own the skies.
wolfbear2
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Quazior and Nobrainpower: When this was printed, Lighting bolt wasn't allowed outside the eternal formats... even than it was run with some ghost warden or when you had mana up to protect it.
Ace8792
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Goblin decks tend to run stuff like goblin grenade so he dies still even if you power him up..
Ashamed
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(11 votes)
Saves about $199 compared to Moat; really effective against green. Unfortunately there's always cards like Doomblade or Lightning Bolt to deal with it. 4/5 for a 0/3 body that shuts down decks that lack flying creatures.
Jalenstorm
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
If you hate Eldrazi, get this card.
Gwafa_Hazid
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
@bijart_dauth: AFAIK, that's why they reprinted all these effects with the magis: because unlike your Coffers or Library of Alexandria, or here, your Moat, these guys are vulnerable to destruction spells, or direct damage. Enchants, artifacts, and especially lands are somewhat difficult to get rid of, but EVERYONE packs creature removal of some sort. In fact, if these cards lacked a body, they'd be considered waaay above par as cards, and if you were to look at the cards that these magi were based upon, you'd see that instantly.
Nagoragama
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
John Avon art on something other than a land??
Nice defensive card, but might as well be named "Magus of the Lightning Rod."
GracefulInferno
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This guy is certainly the preferable answer to mono-green decks, compared to Moat. Green will always be packing enchantment hate, but you're not going to see a whole lot of wings. (That is, unless they're packing Bees.)
jsttu
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
i wish he was a little better protected. 0/4 would be nice, although i think shroud would be overpowered. just some way so that a bolt or doom blade wouldn't kill it.
tcollins
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
To you young whippersnappers:
Lightning Bolt was out of the game for a really long time, and wasn't really on the tip of everyone's tongue (since it went through a drought without a reprint)...doom blade hadn't even been thought up yet.
bijart_dauth
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
i like regular old moat better. this guy is just easyer to kill and he has no power and wont be blocking any thing. so the advantages of being a creature are negated with out getting rid of the losses.
dberry02
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Hey, it's a white wizard! :D
BegleOne
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
A toughness of 3 has been "out of burn range" for most of the game's history... I remember people complaining about Lin Sivvi being "out of burn range" back before she was banned. Doom Blade is new, but Terror has been around forever.
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Moat is great. Moat was part of 'The Deck'. Time Spiral still had Rift Bolt. I believe the correct toughness IS 4, even though Doom Blade/Terror and Lightning Bolt were gone for a while.
sincleanser
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This guy right here is almost the sole reason why I run 4 Incinerate in my Aurochs deck.
axiobeta
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The Mythic ones. That's pretty funneh
Radagast
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Not a powerhouse, for obvious reasons (he easily dies to removal), but it can still be annoying and perhaps buy you a few turns.
blazinpsycho
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What happens if you have a gravity well do the creatures still attack?
If they are spirits... why isn't it a "Spirit Wizard"?
Missile_Penguin
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Nearly every card in Time Spiral block was a throwback to at least one previously printed card.
This card references Moat and is part of the "Magus" super cycle of rare creatures. The Future Sight part of the cycle focuses on powerful enchantments, even matching the mana cost; the others are Magus of the Future, Magus of the Abyss, Magus of the Moon, and Magus of the Vineyard.
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Unfortunately there's always cards like Doomblade or Lightning Bolt to deal with it.
4/5
Nice defensive card, but might as well be named "Magus of the Lightning Rod."
Lightning Bolt was out of the game for a really long time, and wasn't really on the tip of everyone's tongue (since it went through a drought without a reprint)...doom blade hadn't even been thought up yet.
This card references Moat and is part of the "Magus" super cycle of rare creatures. The Future Sight part of the cycle focuses on powerful enchantments, even matching the mana cost; the others are Magus of the Future, Magus of the Abyss, Magus of the Moon, and Magus of the Vineyard.
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 Planar Chaos cycle focuses on powerful lands: Magus of the Bazaar, Magus of the Coffers, Magus of the Tabernacle, Magus of the Arena, and Magus of the Library.