Magic: The Gathering

Magus of the Tabernacle

Planar Chaos 8 • rare

Set: Planar Chaos
Collector number: 8
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 3 generic mana white mana
Type: Creature
Colors: White
Artist: Randy Gallegos
Market price: $1.90

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What it's worth

$1.90market price via TCGplayer · Aug 21, 2026$1.88 – $2.30 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

The Magus of the Tabernacle serves as a creature-based embodiment of a legendary land, forcing players to pay a tax for each creature they control or lose them. This rare card is highly valued by collectors for its role in bringing a powerful, iconic effect onto the battlefield as a permanent that can be interacted with directly.

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Card face

What it does

All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 1 generic mana."

The Tabernacle's disciples channel the emanations from Pendrell Vale, spreading its paradoxical demand to be both worshipped and left alone.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Magus of the Tabernacle was released in the 2007 Magic: The Gathering set Planar Chaos. The card was designed as a thematic 'timeshifted' homage to the legendary land The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale from the 1994 Legends set, reimagining its iconic board-control effect as a creature. This design choice was part of the set's broader mission to explore an alternate reality where classic mechanics and color-pie constraints were subtly subverted.

The artwork for the card was created by fantasy illustrator Jim Nelson, who utilized a distinct visual style intended to evoke the solemn, ethereal atmosphere of the original land's lore. Within the game's community, the Magus was received as a functional, more accessible counterpart to the prohibitively rare and expensive original land, providing players with a white-aligned creature capable of taxing opponents' development on the battlefield.

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