Magdalene

**Magdalene**, or **Maggy**, is a character unlocked by obtaining seven or more heart containers at once in a run.

Magdalene is shown as Isaac wearing a yellow wig.

Magdalene starts with four red heart containers and the .

 Magdalene starts with a Speed Up pill after completing the Aprils Fool challenge.

* She starts with a Full Health pill after completing the Aprils Fool challenge. Both Full Health and Health Up are guaranteed to be in the run’s pill rotation.

## Notes

* Magdalene's strong point is her vitality. Her naturally high health and her starting item, , allow her to survive more damage than other characters.
	+ With her high number of heart containers, Magdalene can afford more deals with the Devil.
	+ She can also take more advantage of sacrificial damage, such as with a Blood Donation Machine, Sacrifice Room or items that grant stats upon damage like .
	+ In Co-Op, the  will also heal Co-Op partners for half a heart when used.
* Magdalene's biggest disadvantage is her low speed, which makes her more vulnerable to threats, especially from fast-moving attacks and homing projectiles. Look to get items that increase speed and avoid those that lower it further.
	+ Once the Aprils Fool challenge is completed, this disadvantage is rendered moot as she will start every run with a Speed Up pill.
* With Repentance, Magdalene's combination of a fully charged  and a Full Health pill allows her to step on a Sacrifice Room spike seven times, allowing her to potentially get two Angel Room items on the first floor. However, this will leave her with only a single red heart.

## Item Interactions

* : Grants +1 Filled Red Heart. Increases HP Cap to 18 Hearts.

### Favored Items

* Items that trigger on player damage, such as  and , stand to see more action through Magdalene's high health.
	+ Self-damaging items such as ,  and  also gain in utility.
* A single speed-boosting item such as  will negate Magdalene's speed weakness.
* The  trinket allows the  to take only 3 rooms to charge instead of 4.
* allows Magdalene to turn her four initial heart containers into twelve Soul Hearts - the maximum number of soul hearts possible.
* The  and  are blessings to Magdalene's regeneration if she still holds , as they allow the item to recharge itself much more quickly. Combined with , the two previous items allow to get infinite pickups with items such as  or
* and  are also useful for regenerating health upon killing enemies.
* will have a chance to drop a heart upon being hit, which may come in handy if Magdalene's low on health.
* 's regenerative abilities can further supplement Magdalene's self-healing. The same applies to 's red heart generation and other similar healing items.
* is helpful to Magdalene's health-driven play style.
* Shielding items can be used to compensate for Magdalene's low speed. (, ...)

### Disfavored Items

* removes all red heart containers, which can turn out to be a disadvantage for Magdalene.
* 's heart container bonus is tempting, though it's better to avoid this item initially as it would render Magdalene's speed very low. Any other speed down items are to be avoided as well ( may make an exception from its speed increase over time and  effect if the speed becomes high enough).
* eats red heart pickups, which can dampen Magdalene's regenerative play style. However, used in conjunction with her starting Yum Heart, Dark Bum can be a powerful way to turn otherwise redundant pickups to your advantage.
* If  is picked up early, it takes away Magdalene's primary strength (high health) and exacerbates her biggest weakness (low avoidance).

## Unlockable Achievements

* Maggy's Bow - Complete the Boss Rush as  **Magdalene**.

* Cute Baby - Defeat Mom's Heart on Hard mode as  **Magdalene**.

* Guardian Angel - Defeat Satan as  **Magdalene**.

* A Cross - Defeat Isaac as  **Magdalene**.

* Maggy's Faith - Defeat The Lamb as  **Magdalene**.

* Celtic Cross - Defeat ??? as  **Magdalene**.

* Censer - Defeat Ultra Greed as  **Magdalene**.

* Glyph of Balance - Defeat Ultra Greedier as  **Magdalene**.

* Purity - Defeat Hush as  **Magdalene**.

* Red Baby - Defeat Mega Satan as  **Magdalene**.

* Eucharist - Defeat Delirium as  **Magdalene**.

* Yuck Heart - Defeat Mother as  **Magdalene**.

* Candy Heart - Defeat The Beast as  **Magdalene**.

* The Dauntless - Use  (etc.) to open the hidden closet in Home as  **Magdalene**.

* Colorful Baby - Earn all Hard mode Completion Marks as  **Magdalene**.

## Unlockable Starting Items

* Complete Aprils Fool (challenge #32) - Start with a Speed Up pill.
* Complete Aprils Fool (challenge #32) - Start with a Full Health pill. Also guarantees that both Full Health and Health Up are in the run’s pill rotation.

## Trivia

* Maggy appeared in the original *Binding of Isaac*.
	+ Maggy's unlock requirements in Rebirth are the same in the original Binding of Isaac.

* Magdalene's name is a reference to Mary Magdalene, a female follower of Jesus who witnessed his death and ressurection.
	+ Magdalene's unlock requirement of having seven heart containers may be a reference to the "seven demons" that were driven out of Mary Magdalene.

* Magdalene is the name of Isaac’s mother Magdalene O. Moriah, or MOM. The last name Moriah is a reference to the biblical story of Isaac where the name Moriah is the name of the mountain Isaac was to be sacrificed on in the Book of Genesis.
* In the game files, the image file for Maggy's hair is named maggiesbeautifulgoldenlocks.png.
* Maggy's hair appears to be identical to the wig that Isaac receives in one of his mid-floor nightmares.
	+ The person with gold hair in ending 14 and the Final ending has been confirmed to be Isaac wearing a wig, which furthers this idea.
	+ Another piece of evidence is that the four female playable characters all have Isaac's voice.
* Maggy's locked icon shows her bound in chains.
	+ She shares this with  Cain,  Samson,  Eve,  Lazarus,  Bethany, and  Jacob and Esau.

## Gallery

* Magdalene's transition screen portrait.
* Magdalene's locked character icon.