Familiar is a good arcana, I would choose that if you are not Bladebound. You might also consider Spell Blending if there are any low level wizard/sorcerer spells that you find useful. There may be better 3rd party arcana, but I am not familiar with those.
Primarily, yes. Depending on the length of the fight, I may have to recast Shield or Mirror Image, which are also easy to get off. If I have to cast a higher level spell, I just take the penalty to hit to boost my concentration so that it's an easy or auto success. Keep in mind that I created...
I rolled a lvl 10 human Bladebound magus after a TPK in the RotRL adventure path. I was tasked with creating a tank character because the other players rolled ranged or casters, so I thought I would share my experiences "tanking" as a magus. Our characters are level 11 now, and I'm using the...