Black Mage's Rod
Mana Cost:
Type: Artifact — Equipment
Oracle 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}
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Final Fantasy
Price ( USD): $0.19
USD: $0.19 · EUR: €0.27
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Character Background
Black Mage's Rod thematically evokes a Black Mage: a frail spellcaster that chips away with repeated magic; mechanically it is a compact, aggressive Equipment that enters the battlefield as a 1/1 Hero already holding its own, immediately trading into early threats or applying clock pressure while also turning whatever it’s on into a repeatable source of direct damage. Its Job select trigger gives you tempo—the token plus the free attachment—while the +1/+0 and the “Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent” clause rewards spellslinger play patterns, making this card excellent in tempo/value spells decks that cast lots of cheap instants and sorceries. Because the equipped creature becomes a Wizard, it plugs into Wizard tribal lords and curiosity-style combos; a practical deckbuilding tip is to splash blue (Opt, Serum Visions) or run cheap black removal (Fatal Push, Thoughtseize) to maximize pings, and use the Equip 3 to later move the Rod onto a bigger evasive Wizard for a lethal clock or multiplayer attrition.
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