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Wiccan, Rising Magician

MSH · uncommon · Released 2026-06-26

Power

brawl
tier-1Game-defining
commander
tier-1Game-defining

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

standalone

meaningful alone

synergy

wants support

takes over

can take over a game

rigid

one mode

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
spellslingerblinkflicker
negative:

No active conflicts.

Roles

evasive-threatflickeretb-triggerspellslinger-payoff

Risks

slow-setupremoval-magnetconditional-trigger

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:
warlockmutant
anti:

Structural

triggered-ability

Rationale

5cmc 4/4 flying legendary Warlock that blinks any nonland, nontoken permanent each time you cast a noncreature spell, returning it at the next end step — a powerful ETB-abuse engine in spellslinger shells. The flicker triggers without tapping and hits any permanent (artifacts, enchantments, creatures, planeswalkers), making it broadly useful but requiring a dense noncreature spell count to shine. At 5 mana it's fair enough for brackets 2–4 and lacks the speed for cEDH.

Learnings (3)

  • Wiccan's flicker triggers on ANY noncreature spell — including artifacts, enchantments, and planeswalkers cast as spells — so it works with a wider range of spells than a pure instant/sorcery spellslinger build.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The return-to-battlefield is delayed to the next end step, so the exiled permanent is gone for a full round if blinked on your turn; this can be used offensively to remove blockers or disrupt opponents' permanents temporarily.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • As a mono-blue legendary Mutant Warlock, Wiccan is one of very few warlock-tribe payoffs in blue, making it a potential commander or key piece in a cross-color warlock typal build splashing blue.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #28,120