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Magar of the Magic Strings - Decklist

Creatures 12$7.61

  1. Anger1Anger$0.34
  2. Azra Oddsmaker1Azra Oddsmaker$0.84
  3. Chainer, Nightmare Adept1Chainer, Nightmare Adept$0.76
  4. Crashing Drawbridge1Crashing Drawbridge$0.75
  5. Dauthi Trapper1Dauthi Trapper$0.22
  6. Dragon's Rage Channeler1Dragon's Rage Channeler$1.30
  7. Guttersnipe1Guttersnipe$0.24
  8. Millikin1Millikin$0.23
  9. Oriq Loremage1Oriq Loremage$0.54
  10. Storm-Kiln Artist1Storm-Kiln Artist$1.74
  11. Vile Entomber1Vile Entomber$0.24
  12. Void Maw1Void Maw$0.41

Instants 12$5.23

  1. Big Score1Big Score$0.41
  2. Bituminous Blast1Bituminous Blast$0.20
  3. Cathartic Pyre1Cathartic Pyre$0.28
  4. Demand Answers1Demand Answers$0.46
  5. Explosive Welcome1Explosive Welcome$0.08
  6. Fated Return1Fated Return$0.30
  7. Kill! Maim! Burn!1Kill! Maim! Burn!$0.41
  8. Scour from Existence1Scour from Existence$0.22
  9. Searing Wind1Searing Wind$0.61
  10. Thrill of Possibility1Thrill of Possibility$0.17
  11. Twinferno1Twinferno$0.23
  12. Unexpected Windfall1Unexpected Windfall$1.86

Sorceries 23$14.80

  1. Army of the Damned1Army of the Damned$0.37
  2. Brass's Bounty1Brass's Bounty$0.57
  3. Cathartic Reunion1Cathartic Reunion$0.16
  4. Din of the Fireherd1Din of the Fireherd$0.69
  5. Explosive Singularity1Explosive Singularity$0.48
  6. Faithless Looting1Faithless Looting$0.37
  7. Fevered Suspicion1Fevered Suspicion$1.96
  8. Final Parting1Final Parting$0.59
  9. Grave Upheaval1Grave Upheaval$0.52
  10. Hit the Mother Lode1Hit the Mother Lode$0.39
  11. Invoke Despair1Invoke Despair$0.29
  12. Mob Verdict1Mob Verdict$0.36

Sorceries continued

  1. Overwhelming Forces1Overwhelming Forces$1.13
  2. Pirate's Pillage1Pirate's Pillage$0.57
  3. Profane Transfusion1Profane Transfusion$1.47
  4. Sadistic Shell Game1Sadistic Shell Game$0.43
  5. Seize the Spoils1Seize the Spoils$0.17
  6. Skull Storm1Skull Storm$0.93
  7. Sorin's Vengeance1Sorin's Vengeance$1.89
  8. Tormenting Voice1Tormenting Voice$0.04
  9. Volcanic Vision1Volcanic Vision$0.50
  10. Wake the Dragon1Wake the Dragon$0.33
  11. Worst Fears1Worst Fears$0.59

Artifacts 8$3.50

  1. Cliffhaven Kitesail1Cliffhaven Kitesail$0.16
  2. Collector's Vault1Collector's Vault$0.62
  3. Key to the City1Key to the City$0.21
  4. Prowler's Helm1Prowler's Helm$0.55
  5. Psychic Paper1Psychic Paper$0.35
  6. Thieves' Tools1Thieves' Tools$0.20
  7. Trailblazer's Boots1Trailblazer's Boots$1.06
  8. Zephyr Boots1Zephyr Boots$0.35

Enchantments 6$4.02

  1. Bedlam1Bedlam$1.02
  2. Berserkers' Onslaught1Berserkers' Onslaught$0.35
  3. Bitter Reunion1Bitter Reunion$0.25
  4. Dauthi Embrace1Dauthi Embrace$1.27
  5. Goblin War Drums1Goblin War Drums$0.24
  6. War Cadence1War Cadence$0.89

Lands 38 / 38$18.14

  1. Access Tunnel1Access Tunnel$0.30
  2. Bloodfell Caves1Bloodfell Caves$0.14
  3. Bojuka Bog1Bojuka Bog$1.18
  4. Canyon Slough1Canyon Slough$0.21
  5. Castle Locthwain1Castle Locthwain$1.34
  6. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  7. Dragonskull Summit1Dragonskull Summit$0.45
  8. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  9. Exotic Orchard1Exotic Orchard$0.20
  10. Fabled Passage1Fabled Passage$0.77
  11. Flamekin Village1Flamekin Village$0.27

Lands continued

  1. Foreboding Ruins1Foreboding Ruins$0.32
  2. Geier Reach Sanitarium1Geier Reach Sanitarium$0.79
  3. Geothermal Bog1Geothermal Bog$0.24
  4. Graven Cairns1Graven Cairns$1.55
  5. Hanweir Battlements1Hanweir Battlements$1.95
  6. Haunted Ridge1Haunted Ridge$1.25
  7. Mountain×33Mountain$0.24
  8. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  9. Rakdos Carnarium1Rakdos Carnarium$0.30
  10. Rakdos Guildgate1Rakdos Guildgate$0.10
  11. Restless Vents1Restless Vents$0.39

Lands continued

  1. Rogue's Passage1Rogue's Passage$0.34
  2. Shadowblood Ridge1Shadowblood Ridge$0.27
  3. Smoldering Marsh1Smoldering Marsh$0.25
  4. Snow-Covered Mountain×22Snow-Covered Mountain$1.00
  5. Snow-Covered Swamp×22Snow-Covered Swamp$1.18
  6. Sulfurous Mire1Sulfurous Mire$0.34
  7. Sulfurous Springs1Sulfurous Springs$0.46
  8. Swamp×22Swamp$0.20
  9. Tainted Peak1Tainted Peak$1.25
  10. Temple of Malice1Temple of Malice$0.20
  11. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10

About this Magar of the Magic Strings deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: Magar of the Magic Strings, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its estimated price is $53.87 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2.

The list is drawn from what Magar of the Magic Strings decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Faithless Looting, Key to the City and Anger. The picks most particular to this commander are Thieves' Tools, Oriq Loremage and Army of the Damned, which turn up here far more often than in other Rakdos decks.

Its average mana value is 4.40. It runs no Game Changers.

The most expensive cards are Fevered Suspicion ($1.96), Sorin's Vengeance ($1.89) and Unexpected Windfall ($1.86); 36 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $37.06, and with no limit $919.92; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value4.40
Game Changers0
Combos0
Deck match68%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 4 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 15 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 8 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 10 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 6 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 3 cards
  8. Mana value 7+: 16 cards

The curve and the average cover Magar of the Magic Strings and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1011+1
Card advantage1215+3
Targeted disruption1212+0
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3838+0
Plan3025-5

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 8 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Full deck price by per-card cap

Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for Magar of the Magic Strings at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what Magar of the Magic Strings decks usually play.

Format

With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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