Magic Man

"TIP: MAGIC MAN

Magic Man is up to his old tricks. Every 3 rounds, starting at round 5, he'll abduct one of your characters and whisk them away from the fight.

The character is chosen randomly. Try not to rely too heavily on any one character in case you lose them."

- Cuber's description to Magic Man rule in the Martian Games

Magic Man is a non-playable character who appears in the game Bloons Adventure Time TD. He operates the entire Martian Games by hosting a new Martian Games event every two days, each with two to three different special rules added to the chosen map for extra challenge. He also makes appearance in the Martian Games as the kidnapper while the rule "Magic Man" is active. Every three rounds completed after completing Round 5, he will fly down to the map to kidnap a random tower (including some sub-towers such as Warrior Bubblegum's Candy Archers and Moe's MOs) on screen and say "Magic! You're welcome" while kidnapping. The kidnapped tower cannot be rescued; it will effectively be sold for 0 cash. However, the kidnapped tower will become available to be placed again.

Strategy
Warrior Bubblegum can lessen the chance of Magic Man targeting key towers, as her summoned allies may be kidnapped instead. Since Warrior Bubblegum resummons her allies automatically for free, losing a summoned ally will cost the player nothing. Regardless, it is also advised to prepare for worst-case scenarios by saving up spare cash in order to replace critical kidnapped towers, especially Supermonkey, who is very expensive.

Powering up Finn with Princess Bubblegum's Royal Promise may be dangerous if Magic Man is present, because if Magic Man kidnaps either Finn or Bubblegum with Royal Promise active, the player will lose 50 lives. Be prepared to heal with the Thought Cannon Wand if this happens.

Quotes
When flying down to target and kidnapping it:


 * " M-magiiiic! You're welcome."

Trivia

 * Characters with negative effect protection cannot protect themselves from getting kidnapped.
 * Kidnapped units will perform their sell animation, even though they do not give the player refunded cash.
 * If Princess Bubblegum has the Royal Promise upgrade active, and Magic Man abducts Finn or PB, the Royal Promise penalty will trigger, since this counts as selling them.