Legendary Creature — Human Tyranid Wizard

Magus Lucea Kane

Mana value4EDHREC#6,622

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The Commander

Spiritual Leader — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Psychic Stimulus — {T} : Add {C} {C} . When you next cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost or activate an ability with {X} in its activation cost this turn, copy that spell or ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Guide

Gameplan

Magus Lucea Kane ramps you with her own mana ability and then doubles your biggest X spell or X ability, generating absurd value or lethal payoffs. You spend the early game building mana rocks, dorks, and untap effects, then deploy a backbreaking X spell that gets copied. The +1/+1 counter each combat is incidental upside that pairs with counter and Voltron synergies.

Strengths

Self-contained ramp and a free spell/ability copy attached to the command zone
Temur color identity gives access to the best ramp, card draw, and X-spell payoffs
Copying X-cost abilities (not just spells) unlocks powerful infinite and value engines
Built-in repeatable copy outlet that comes back even after she's removed

Weaknesses

Heavily commander-dependent; the deck stalls without her copy effect online
Three-color manabase plus colorless-tap ability can create awkward early hands
Vulnerable to graveyard hate and counterspells on your single big payoff turn
Tapping for the copy means she can't attack and is exposed to removal each turn

Key Cards

Walking Ballista — Copying its X-cost ability or doubling its enter-the-battlefield counters with Lucea enables damage-based combo kills.
Fireball — A classic X-burn spell that Lucea copies to hit two targets or double a player's face for lethal.
Comet Storm — Multikicker plus a Lucea copy spreads massive damage across multiple targets or doubles a single huge bolt.
Finale of Devastation — A copied X tutor-and-pump that fetches creatures, buffs the team, and closes games out of nowhere.
Doubling Cube — Activating its X-free mana doubling alongside Lucea-style payoffs accelerates into giant X spells.
Freed from the Real — Pairs with her colorless mana to untap and loop, fueling repeated copies and mana.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and untappers (Mana Vault, Seedborn Muse, Wanderer's Twig stays out—use Sol Ring, Cyclonic Rift) to fuel and reuse her copy, and tutors like Mystical Tutor and Worldly Tutor to find your payoff X spell. Lean into a tight combo line such as Walking Ballista plus mana doublers and untap effects so you're not reliant on a fragile alpha strike. Protect your payoff turn with counterspells and free interaction like Pact of Negation and Veil of Summer.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Copying a huge Fireball, Comet Storm, or Banefire for lethal across the table
▸Infinite or near-infinite Walking Ballista activations via copied X abilities
▸Casting and copying Finale of Devastation or a giant X Hydra to swing for the win
▸Overwhelming boards with copied token-making X spells plus counter synergies

Archetypes

Spellslinger / X-spells — Her copy clause is tailor-made for doubling Fireball, Hydra spells, and other X payoffs.
Combo — Copying X-cost activated abilities like Walking Ballista or Staff of Domination enables compact kills.
Big Mana Ramp — Temur ramp plus her own mana ability lets you cast and copy ever-larger X spells.
+1/+1 Counters — Her free combat counter supports a creatures-and-counters subtheme with proliferate payoffs.