Anything that can wipe out the whole board is
pretty much guaranteed at least a 3 in any
format, except maybe Casual. Some of them are
simply too broken to be any fun though, but not
this guy! Being attached to a 2/4 creature means
a determined opponent could Char him or whatnot
while he's still tapped. That's why this card
will never be as broken as the original Disk.
Pretty high up there, though, since the Disk's
main selling point is that it acted as a way for
red/Black decks to take out paladin en-vec back
in the day. This thing does that too, and can
even block said paladin with impunity. Also,
this exists in a format with Flickerform-- a
2-card combo that gives you board clearance
whenever you need it, over and over.
Constructed- 4
Casual- 4
Limited- 4.5
KC MetroGnome
Magus of the
Disk
Someone commented that last week was "good card
week". Well, this week is really fun card week.
Not all of this week's cards are standard
worthy, but they are some of the most fun cards
ever printed.
Magus of the Disk is, obviously, an homage to
one of the best board sweepers ever printed.
Nev's Disk saw play in just about every format
Back in the Day (TM). Is it's new incarnation
worthy of a spot in serious decks? Quite
possibly. The problem is getting him to live
long enough to use him. In a dedicated control
deck, it's probably possible. Apart from that,
he's probably not what you want (but why do you
need a board sweeper like this one in a
non-control deck anyway?). In white limited, he
solves a lot of your problems just by the fact
that he sits on the table threatening to blow
everything up.
This card is another example of the many classic
Magic cards reimagined in Time Spiral. Magus of
the Disk is supposed to a generous recreation of
Nevinyrral’s Disk, but this Magus, like the
other Magi of Time Spiral, falls short of the
original for a lot of reasons. Magus of the Disk
costs 2WW instead of four colorless, and unlike
the original Disk, Magus can be destroyed by any
number of creature elimination spells and
effects. All that said, Magus of the Disk is a
useful card. In limited, Magus gives a very
powerful option to white decks. Magus fits well
in both sealed and booster draft decks, but is
better in sealed. While not popular in
constructed decks yet, Magus of the Disk does
provide a lot of the awesome utility of the
original Nevinyrral’s Disk, so it should prove
useful in the long run, at least in white and
white/blue control decks.
