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Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
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White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV is a classic Azorius power piece that embodies taxation, restraint, and bureaucratic pressure: in play, he turns every spell war into a disadvantage for the opponent while quietly refunding your own white and blue spells. He best supports control and tempo shells, where shaving mana off counterspells, cantrips, bounce, and efficient removal lets you double-spell earlier and keep mana open for interaction. The real strength is asymmetry: your game plan becomes smoother while theirs becomes clunkier, especially against multicolor decks or curves built on tight sequencing. Deckbuilding-wise, pair him with cheap white-blue interaction and proactive lock elements like additional tax effects, then maximize the discount with spells that already cost one or two mana. He is also excellent in commander-style build arounds that want to slow the table and win through incremental advantage, because even a modest 2/3 body can matter when it arrives ahead of schedule and keeps opponents perpetually behind on tempo.
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Character Background
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV is a classic Azorius power piece that embodies taxation, restraint, and bureaucratic pressure: in play, he turns every spell war into a disadvantage for the opponent while quietly refunding your own white and blue spells. He best supports control and tempo shells, where shaving mana off counterspells, cantrips, bounce, and efficient removal lets you double-spell earlier and keep mana open for interaction. The real strength is asymmetry: your game plan becomes smoother while theirs becomes clunkier, especially against multicolor decks or curves built on tight sequencing. Deckbuilding-wise, pair him with cheap white-blue interaction and proactive lock elements like additional tax effects, then maximize the discount with spells that already cost one or two mana. He is also excellent in commander-style build arounds that want to slow the table and win through incremental advantage, because even a modest 2/3 body can matter when it arrives ahead of schedule and keeps opponents perpetually behind on tempo.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 17:10:45 UTC