Card
Magistrate's Scepter
Mana cost {3}
{4}, {T}: Put a charge counter on this artifact. {T}, Remove three charge counters from this artifact: Take an extra turn after this one.
Extra-turn card: not allowed in brackets 1–2, two at most in bracket 3. Part of 194 known combos, 8 of them two-card. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · M19 · #238
- Cheapest printing
- €2.69
- EDHREC salt
- 1.23
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — not allowed: Extra-turn cards are not allowed
- B2 Core — not allowed: Extra-turn cards are not allowed
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Clock of Omens, Aetheric Amplifier, Ichormoon Gauntlet, Vorel of the Hull Clade, Viral Drake, Lulu, Stern Guardian, Gogo, Master of Mimicry, Merfolk Skydiver
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Extra-turn card, two at most in bracket 3 (Lotus Vault house cap)
- Two-card combo with Clock of Omens, Aetheric Amplifier, Ichormoon Gauntlet, Vorel of the Hull Clade, Viral Drake, Lulu, Stern Guardian, Gogo, Master of Mimicry, Merfolk Skydiver (early with Clock of Omens, Aetheric Amplifier, Ichormoon Gauntlet, Vorel of the Hull Clade, Viral Drake, Lulu, Stern Guardian, Gogo, Master of Mimicry, Merfolk Skydiver)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
194 known combos, 8 of them two-card.
- Inspirit, Flagship Vessel + Kilo, Apogee Mind + Magistrate's Scepter
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Magistrate's Scepter + Resourceful Defense
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Moxite Refinery + Magistrate's Scepter
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast
If multiple extra turns would be taken after this one, perhaps because more than one player has activated the last ability of their Magistrate’s Scepter, the most recently created one is taken first.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast