First printed in Invasion (2000)
Creature — Human Wizard
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"Urborg's magic is strong. Did Urza send you to protect us or to protect against us?"
—Urborg witch, to Barrin
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- Illustrated by
- rk post
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
28 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Bog Initiate + Reassembling Skeleton
- Infinite black mana, Infinite colorless mana…: Ashnod's Altar + Bog Initiate + Gravecrawler
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Bloodsoaked Champion + Bog Initiate
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Bog Initiate + Cult Conscript
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Bog Initiate + Ozox, the Clattering King
- Infinite black mana: Bog Initiate + Sam, Loyal Attendant + Ygra, Eater of All
- Infinite black mana: Bog Initiate + Hazel's Brewmaster + Sam, Loyal Attendant
- Infinite black mana, Infinite colorless mana…: Ashnod's Altar + Bog Initiate + Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder + Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Phyrexian Reclamation
- Infinite black mana, Infinite colorless mana…: Ashnod's Altar + Bog Initiate + Golgari Thug + Grim Haruspex
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Bog Initiate + Ebondeath, Dracolich + Tormod, the Desecrator