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Magar of the Magic Strings
Legendary Creature — Minotaur Performer
{1}{B}{R}: Note the name of target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard and put it onto the battlefield face down. It's a 3/3 creature with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may create a copy of the card with the noted name. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost" and "If this creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else."
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“Animate graveyard instants/sorceries to create copies when they hit”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Combo
Reanimator, Spellslinger, Sacrifice
Strategy
Magar of the Magic Strings turns your graveyard into a toolbox of instant and sorcery threats. You'll fill your graveyard with high-impact spells—think ritual effects, card draw, or damage—then animate them as creatures that copy themselves when they deal combat damage. Each swing becomes a chain of free spell casts, turning a simple attack into overwhelming value.
The deck plays a midrange game: early interaction and self-mill to stock the graveyard, then turn the corner by animating spells and swinging in. Your animated spells function as both threats and engines, dodging board wipes by exiling themselves and staying ready to be reanimated. You'll win by chaining copied spells into overwhelming card advantage, direct damage, or simply overwhelming the table with 3/3 creatures and the cascading effects they trigger.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Replace pricey rituals like Dark Ritual with Cabal Ritual and Pyretic Ritual; use cheaper cantrips like Mishra's Bauble instead of Snapcaster Mage staples.
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