Fathom Mage

Creature — Human Wizard

Evolve (Whenever a creature enters under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this, put a +1/+1 counter on this.)

Whenever a +1/+1 counter is placed on this, you may draw a card.

Combos

• Archangel of Thune + Fathom Mage + Horizon Chimera
• Fathom Mage + Wizard Class

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (43)

AkaAkuma on What if I changed Vorosh to Partners?

3 months ago

You got a fair understanding and justification in your ways with Reyhan! Thats great!

Definitely give blade of selves a try, even if it only combo's with Reyhan. -> Or perhaps even stranger choices but personal favorites in Mirror Mockery/Springheart Nantuko enchanted to Reyhan. Worst case you swing a 9/9 Reyhan at someone as early as turn 3, but with something like a Master Biomancer/Crystalline Crawler/Fathom Mage (i can go on and on..) on board that you give the 6 - 18 counters instead this quickly becomes a ridicules board state.

And if you want to stay on synergy and know how to generate 100 counters quickly, you definitely could also appreciate Walking Archive. The golem is all fun and games till everyone suddenly needs to draw their whole library, a method i often win the game with.

Cheers!

Antsquisher on Card draw when adding +1/+1 …

3 months ago

Two cards not mentioned above:

Exemplar of Light (same issue as Fathom Mage though)

Inspiring Call (kind of a one-time Danny Pink effect that can also save your creatures from Wrath of God style board wipes).

MortisAngelus on Card draw when adding +1/+1 …

4 months ago

mowu-n-mowu, DreadKhan and DarkKiridon

Thank you all for the suggestion. All of these are nice, but limited to either counter being put on that single creature (Fathom Mage and Dusk Legion Duelist) or dependent on combat damage.

Hollowmurk Siege is interesting indeed, but since I currently dont have a reliable way of putting counters on during another player's turn, I am better off with the phyrexian arena I have.

But ngl, Fathom Mage is at least going to my "keep in mind" list.

mowu-n-mowu on Card draw when adding +1/+1 …

4 months ago

Fathom Mage is my go-to for Pir and Toothy, but it only counts itself. Toothy, Imaginary Friend is worth a shout, too, but you have to kill it. Most everything else I find is either once a turn, like Dusk Legion Duelist, or has another intervening action, like paying for Stocking the Pantry. Both of the cards you mentioned were once a turn, though, so it seems like it's fine. Peruse here: https://scryfall.com/search?q=otag%3App-counters-matter+o%3Adraw&unique=cards&as=gridℴ=edhrec

Icbrgr on Syr Elenora + infinite draw …

8 months ago

Well if you draw your hole deck you can pretty much pick whatever wincon you want... draw all the cards with Archangel of Thune + Fathom Mage + Horizon Chimera and Slip Through Space/Aqueous Form on your waifu or Fling her?

TheDeckMaker2300 on An Abundance of Ways to Win

1 year ago

Your welcome hey even got some honorable mentions

Cayth, Famed Mechanist - another trifecta for catergories artifact creatures and +1/+1 counters

Kami of Whispered Hopes or/and Accomplished Alchemist — they are mana dorks for the counters and lifegain catergory kami has way more advantage since it has a hardening scales effect

And without explanation ten other honorable mentions 1. Fathom Mage 2. Pollywog Prodigy 3. Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter 4. Chasm Skulker 5. Mycoloth 6. The Goose Mother (brief: second hydroid Krasiss) 7. Shadrix Silverquill 8. Winding Constrictor 9. Archangel of Thune

Gonna cheat on thr last one with three but they all do the same thing for Hellkite/production

1. Ygra, Eater of All/Mycosynth Lattice/Encroaching Mycosynth

DemonDragonJ on Kalonian Hydra or Bristly Bill?

1 year ago

Last_Laugh, I prefer Fathom Mage over Danny Pink, since her ability has no limit to the number of times that it can trigger, and I actually would very much like to put Magistrate's Scepter in place of Otherworld Atlas, but the first ability simply costs too much mana to activate.

We_Are_Legion on Moth Mania

1 year ago

Fathom Mage is silly.