Archaeomancer
Commander 2017 81 • common
- Set
- Commander 2017
- Collector number
- 81
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros
- Market price
- $0.34
What it does
When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Words of power never disappear. They sleep, awaiting those with the will to rouse them."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Archaeomancer was first introduced to the Magic: The Gathering card pool in the Magic 2013 core set, designed as a blue common creature capable of returning an instant or sorcery card from the graveyard to the player's hand. Its function draws on the long-standing mechanical identity of blue mana, which emphasizes the recycling of spells and the manipulation of the past to gain a tactical advantage in the mid-to-late game.
The version from the Commander 2017 set utilizes the classic illustration by Igor Kieryluk, who depicts the mage in a scholarly, mystical aesthetic that emphasizes the character's role as a seeker of lost knowledge. This particular printing was included in the 'Arcane Wizardry' deck, reflecting the set's broader theme of tribal synergy where the Wizard creature type was highlighted as a central pillar of control-oriented gameplay.
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