Black Mage's Rod
Black Mage's Rod: Artifact - Equipment, Final Fantasy. Job select. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact - Equipment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Final Fantasy (FIN)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 90
- Artist
- Nino Is
- Commander rank
- 2,694 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Job select, Equip
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About Black Mage's Rod
Black Mage's Rod is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black artifact from Final Fantasy (FIN), an expansion set released in June 2025. It is collector number 90 in that set, with art by Nino Is. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Final Fantasy is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0, has "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent," and is a Wizard in addition to its other types.
Equip {3}
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.36 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Black Mage's Rod by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Black Mage's Rod, newest first.
- The granted ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
- If the job select ability causes two Hero tokens to be created (due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), the Equipment becomes attached to only one of them.
- The Hero token enters as a 1/1 creature, then the Equipment becomes attached to it. Abilities that trigger when a creature enters the battlefield see that a 1/1 creature entered the battlefield.
- You may pay the Equipment's equip cost as normal to move it from the Hero token to another creature you control.
- If the Hero token is destroyed, the Equipment stays on the battlefield.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.