Magus of the Balance

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Magus of the Balance: Creature - Human Wizard, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Human Wizard
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
699
Artist
Kev Walker
Commander rank
19,095 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Magus of the Balance

Magus of the Balance is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 699 in that set, with art by Kev Walker. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{4}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Magus of the Balance by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Magus of the Balance

Magus of the Balance has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Treasure Chest (PZ2) #70677Rare2018
Commander 2018 (C18) #5Rare2018

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Magus of the Balance, newest first.

  • Players can't take actions once Magus of the Balance's ability begins to resolve until it's done resolving. If any abilities trigger during this process, they're put onto the stack after it's done resolving.
  • When Magus of the Balance's ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is chooses an appropriate number of lands they control (which may be zero if that player doesn't control more lands than the player who controls the fewest). Then each other player in turn order does the same, knowing choices made by previous players. Finally, all of the chosen lands are sacrificed simultaneously. Players repeat this process for cards in hand and creatures they control, except while choosing cards in hand, players won't know the identity of cards chosen by the previous players.
  • If a player has zero cards in hand, controls no lands, or controls no creatures, other players will have to discard their entire hand, sacrifice all of their lands, or sacrifice all of their creatures, as appropriate.

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