The Magus Cypher

The Magus Cypher

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Most Magi believed the Puzzle of Perplex to be a mere curiosity. Yet generations of wizards had broken themselves trying to solve it. And even after the Grand Magus thought he finally grasped the crux of its secret, the epiphany of true meaning came only much later—that the knowledge at the heart of Perplex might allow him to alter the very foundations of magic itself. Now, no longer limited to masterful mimicry, Rubick toys with the boundaries of arcane artistry, reshaping the world of magic as he sees fit; always hungry for new preternatural mysteries to unravel and respool, and the undiscovered kingdoms of magic they too might reveal.

Created By

Released 19 Dec 2018

Origin The Magus Cypher Bundle

TRADEABLE

MARKETABLE

NOT DELETABLE

“

▶️ No sorcery lies beyond my grasp. — Rubick

”

This item was released with the Frosthaven event as part of The Magus Cypher Bundle. It comes with a win tracker that modifies the particle effects of 115 abilities stolen with Spell Steal. Editions purchased before January 21, 2019 came in Exalted quality.

Gems

Rune of the Magus Cypher

Customizations

General

• This item changes Rubick's model entirely.
• Almost all custom model animations are very similar to the default ones, only performed with Rubick's flying model. Only animations that are significantly different are shown here.

Customization	Type	Preview
Loadout Spawn	Animation
Loadout	Animation
Loadout Rare 1	Animation
Loadout Rare 2	Animation
Loadout Rare 3	Animation
Pedestal	Model
Ambient	Effect1,2
Spawn	Animation
Idle Rare	Animation3
Idle Injured	Animation
Death 1	Animation
Death 2	Animation
Death Overkill Back	Animation4
Run	Animation
Run Injured	Animation
Run Haste	Animation
Run Rare	Animation
	Sound	▶️ Falling cubes 1 ▶️ Falling cubes 2 ▶️ Falling cubes 3
Teleport	Animation5
Teleport End	Animation
Defeat	Animation
Victory	Animation
Spell Steal	Animation
	Effect
	Sound	▶️ Replaces the default cast sound ▶️ Full sound example

^* Custom attack animations work with Conceit of the Wandering Harlequin.
¹ Particle colors change to match the color scheme of the last hero Rubick used Spell Steal on. Reverts to default color when spell expires.
² If Crux of Perplex is equipped, its particle colors will also be changed.
³ Does not play if Rubick is in Idle Injured animation.
⁴ Death Overkill Front animation is nearly identical to the default animation, and thus not shown.
⁵ Similar to the default stolen Teleportation animation.

Spell Steal

Win Counter

• Custom particle effects for stolen spells are unlocked by winning games with Rubick. Wins in Turbo Mode count as half a win.
• The number of wins are tracked on Rune of the Magus Cypher and can be viewed via a special panel in-game.
• Unlocking all effects will give Rubick a custom ground trail effect while moving.
• Most custom cast animations are similar to the default ones, only performed with Rubick's flying model. Only custom cast animations that differ greatly from the default animations are specified below.
• If Rubick uses a stolen spell from an enemy wearing equipment with Kinetic Gems, the customizations from those Kinetic Gems generally take precedence over the customizations below.
• Please report if a preview link is not working.

Customization	Type	Preview	Wins
Laguna Blade	Effect	Video	1
Rebound	Effect
	Animation
Wrath of Nature	Effect	Video
Hand of God	Effect	Video
	Animation
Quill Spray	Effect	Video	2
Poison Nova	Effect	Video
Song of the Siren	Effect	Video
	Animation
Summon Spirit Bear	Effect	Video
	Animation
Tricks of the Trade	Effect	Video	3
Sunder	Effect	Video
	Animation
Power Cogs	Effect	Video
Doom	Effect	Video	4
	Animation
Wraithfire Blast	Effect	Video	5
	Animation
Rolling Thunder	Effect	Video
Flaming Lasso	Effect	Video
Gust	Effect	Video	6
	Animation
Life Drain	Effect	Video
Magnetize	Effect	Video
	Animation
Guardian Angel	Effect	Video
Dark Pact	Effect	Video	7
	Animation
Chaos Bolt	Effect	Video
	Animation
Fiend's Grip	Effect	Video
Macropyre	Effect	Video	8
Ghostship	Effect	Video	9
Terrorize	Effect	Video
Bedlam1	Effect	Video
Primal Roar	Effect	Video
Reaper's Scythe	Effect	Video	10
	Animation
Shockwave	Effect	Video
	Animation
Dream Coil	Effect	Video
	Animation
Sonic Wave	Effect	Video
Omnislash	Effect	Video	11
Burning Army	Effect	Video
	Animation
Skeleton Walk2	Effect
	Animation
Dark Rift	Effect	Video
	Animation
Chaotic Offering	Effect	Video	12
	Animation
Shadow Wave	Effect	Video	13
	Animation
Walrus PUNCH!	Effect	Video
Relocate	Effect	Video
	Animation
Rearm	Effect	Video	14
	Animation
Avalanche	Effect	Video
	Animation
Call Down	Effect	Video
	Animation
Ice Blast	Effect	Video
	Animation
Fireblast	Effect	Video	15
	Animation
God's Strength	Effect	Video
Psionic Trap	Effect	Video
Ravage	Effect	Video	16
Time Lapse	Effect	Video	17
	Animation
Winter's Curse	Effect	Video
	Animation
Shapeshift	Effect	Video
	Animation
Charge of Darkness	Effect	Video	18
Flesh Golem	Effect	Video
Insatiable Hunger	Effect	Video
	Animation
Death Ward	Effect	Video
Fissure	Effect	Video	19
Fire Remnant	Effect	Video
Activate Fire Remnant	Effect
Static Storm	Effect	Video
	Animation
Black Hole	Effect	Video	20
Global Silence	Effect	Video	21
	Animation
Illuminate	Effect	Video
Pulse Nova	Effect	Video
Mass Serpent Ward	Effect	Video	22
	Animation
Chemical Rage	Effect	Video
	Animation
Eye of the Storm	Effect	Video
	Animation
Mystic Flare	Effect	Video
	Animation
Berserker's Call	Effect	Video	23
	Animation
Life Break	Effect	Video
	Animation
Chakram	Effect	Video
Dissimilate	Effect
	Animation
Supernova	Effect	Video	24
Soulbind	Effect	Video	25
	Animation
Impale	Effect	Video
	Animation
Summon Familiars	Effect	Video
	Animation
Acorn Shot	Effect
	Animation
Powershot	Effect	Video	26
Corrosive Haze	Effect	Video
	Animation
Crippling Fear	Effect	Video
Blood Rite	Effect	Video
	Animation
Assassinate	Effect	Video	27
Battle Trance	Effect	Video
Borrowed Time	Effect	Video
Mortimer Kisses	Effect
	Animation
Spit Out3	Effect
Freezing Field	Effect	Video	28
Earthshock	Effect	Video	29
Remote Mines	Effect	Video
	Animation
Wall of Replica	Effect	Video
Exorcism	Effect	Video
	Animation
Duel	Effect	Video	30
Nether Swap	Effect	Video
	Animation4
Nature's Attendants	Effect	Video
	Animation
God's Rebuke	Effect	Video
Stifling Dagger	Effect	Video	31
Spirit Lance	Effect	Video
	Animation
Overgrowth	Effect	Video
	Animation
Eclipse	Effect	Video
	Animation
Lucent Beam5	Effect	Video
	Animation
Finger of Death	Effect	Video	32
Shuriken Toss	Effect	Video	33
	Animation
Stone Gaze	Effect	Video
	Animation
Sanity's Eclipse	Effect	Video
	Animation
Earth Splitter	Effect	Video
	Animation
Wukong's Command	Effect	Video	34
Earthbind	Effect	Video
Cinder Brew	Effect	Video
Ball Lightning	Effect	Video
Spectral Dagger	Effect	Video	35
	Animation
Breathe Fire	Effect	Video
	Animation
Tempest Double	Effect	Video
	Effect	Video
	Animation
Chaos Meteor	Effect	Video	36
	Animation
Mana Void	Effect	Video	37
Stampede	Effect	Video
Rage	Effect	Video
	Animation
False Promise	Effect	Video
	Animation
Sacred Arrow	Effect	Video	38
	Animation
Waveform	Effect	Video
Epicenter	Effect	Video
Chain Frost	Effect	Video
	Animation
Meat Hook	Effect	Video	39
Shadowraze	Effect	Video
Viper Strike	Effect	Video
Demonic Purge	Effect	Video
	Animation
Chronosphere	Effect	Video	40
	Animation
Ground Effect	Effect6 (Trail)	Video

¹ Not listed on the in-game tracker. Terrorize and Bedlam use the same model, so Jex is green in Rubick's Bedlam as well.
² Not listed on the in-game tracker. Requires Aghanim's Shard. Uses the same model as Burning Army.
³ Not listed on the in-game tracker. The glob from Mortimer Kisses and Spit Out use the same model.
⁴ Only the ending animation differs greatly from the default.
⁵ Not listed on the in-game tracker. Lucent Beam's effect is changed as well, since it shares particles with Eclipse.
⁶ Particle colors change to match the color scheme of the last hero Rubick used Spell Steal on.

Other Animations

• Aside from the custom model animations for stolen spells above, the following abilities also use cast animations that differ significantly from the default.
• These animations are not paired with a custom particle effect.
• These animations do not require any wins on Rune of the Magus Cypher.
• Some of these animations are the same for multiple abilities.

Customization	Type	Preview
Anchor Smash	Animation	Preview
Arc Lightning	Animation	Preview
Arcane Bolt	Animation	Preview
Astral Step	Animation	Preview
Bloodrage	Animation	Preview
Bramble Maze	Animation	Preview
Call of the Wild Hawk	Animation	Preview
Cold Embrace	Animation	Preview
Concussive Shot	Animation	Preview
Conjure Image	Animation	Preview
Consume	Animation	Preview
Death Pulse	Animation	Preview
Double Edge	Animation	Preview
Echo Stomp	Animation	Preview
Essence Flux	Animation	Preview
Fatal Bonds	Animation	Preview
Fire Spirits	Animation	Preview
Launch Fire Spirit	Animation	Preview
Laser	Animation	Preview
Flux	Animation	Preview
Ghost Shroud	Animation	Preview
	Animation	Preview
Hex	Animation	Preview
Hoof Stomp	Animation	Preview
Howl	Animation	Preview
Ignite	Animation	Preview
Lightning Bolt	Animation	Preview
Living Armor	Animation	Preview
Nethertoxin	Animation	Preview
Penitence	Animation	Preview
Pit of Malice	Animation	Preview
Poof	Animation	Preview
Purifying Flames	Animation	Preview
Refraction	Animation	Preview
Resonant Pulse	Animation	Preview
Reverse Polarity	Animation	Preview
Rot	Animation	Preview
Rupture	Animation	Preview
Shadow Poison Release	Animation1	None
Shallow Grave	Animation	Preview
Skewer	Animation	Preview
Slithereen Crush	Animation	Preview
Soul Assumption	Animation	Preview
Soul Rip	Animation	Preview
Splinter Blast	Animation	Preview
Stroke of Fate	Animation	Preview
Sun Ray	Animation	Preview
Swashbuckle	Animation	Preview
Tag Team	Animation	Preview
Timber Chain	Animation	Preview
Tombstone	Animation	Preview
Track	Animation	Preview
Will-O-Wisp	Animation	Preview

¹ Default animation is replaced with no animation.

Hero Icons

Customization	Preview
Minimap icon
Top icon
Portrait

Ability Icons

Telekinesis	Telekinesis Land	Fade Bolt	Arcane Supremacy	Spell Steal

Sounds

Voice Responses

Customization	Preview
Altered voice for all existing responses	Voice of the Magus Cypher

Set Items

The Magus Cypher

The Magus Cypher Emoticon

Voice of the Magus Cypher

Gallery

• 
  Top
• 
  Front
• 
  Back
• 
  With Crux of Perplex and Staff of Perplex
• 
  With Crux of Perplex and Staff of Perplex
• 
  With Crux of Perplex and Golden Staff of Perplex
• 
  With Crux of Perplex and Golden Staff of Perplex
• 
  Debut screen
• 
  Debut screen background
• 
  Splash art

Trivia

• This item was made as a result of Rubick winning the Arcana vote in The International 2018 Battle Pass.
• This item shares aesthetics with Staff of Perplex, Golden Staff of Perplex, and Crux of Perplex.

Patch History

Patch

Description

11 Feb 2022

• Fixed Fantoccini's position with item equipped.

29 Oct 2021

• Added custom effects for Rebound.

28 Oct 2021

• Updated The Magus Cypher hero model.

09 Apr 2021

• Updated The Magus Cypher hero model.

25 Mar 2021

• Updated The Magus Cypher hero model and animations.

08 Jan 2021

• Added a cape color for The Magus Cypher when stealing spells from Hoodwink: 179|200|44

06 Jan 2021

• Added a custom Dissimilate particle effect for The Magus Cypher.

03 Feb 2020

• Updated The Magus Cypher hero model.

17 Dec 2020

• Updated model.
• Added custom Acorn Shot and Mortimer Kisses particles effects for The Magus Cypher.

04 Sep 2020

• Updated portrait background.

25 May 2020

• Updated textures.

03 Dec 2019

• Fixed The Magus Cypher not changing color when stealing abilities from Void Spirit or Snapfire.

05 Mar 2019

• Added God's Rebuke special particles for The Magus Cypher.

22 Feb 2019

• The Magus Cypher Bundle now includes a Voice of the Magus Cypher item that lets Arcana owners choose whether to use the Arcana voice or the original Rubick voice.
  • This item will appear in Arcana owners’ inventories shortly.

02 Jan 2019

• Fixed Shadow Dance being shown on the win tracker instead of Dark Pact.
• Minor updates to Charge of Darkness animation.

21 Dec 2018

• Minor adjustments to The Magus Cypher color list.

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