Staff of the Letter Magus
Unstable 159 • uncommon
- Set
- Unstable
- Collector number
- 159
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
As this artifact enters, choose a consonant other than N, R, S, or T.
Whenever a player casts a spell, you gain 1 life for each time the chosen letter appears in that spell's name.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Staff of the Letter Magus was released in 2017 as part of the Unstable set for the Magic: The Gathering card game. This set was the third silver-bordered expansion, designed specifically for non-sanctioned, casual play and centered on meta-humor, eccentric mechanics, and subverting the traditional rules of the game. The item was conceptualized by the Wizards of the Coast design team as a playful take on card naming conventions, rewarding players for their linguistic ingenuity during gameplay.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Christopher Rush, who was a foundational figure in the aesthetic history of Magic: The Gathering. His design utilizes a whimsical, fantasy-steampunk visual language that fits the 'Unstable' theme of scientific experimentation gone awry. Upon its release, the card was received as a quirky centerpiece for draft environments, valued primarily for the inventive ways it forced players to interact with the text printed on their cards.
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