Magic: The Gathering

Cogwork Archivist

Strixhaven: School of Mages 254 • common

Set: Strixhaven: School of Mages
Collector number: 254
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 6 generic mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Colorless
Artist: Joseph Meehan
Market price: $0.14

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Lore

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This card represents a common fixture within the academic archives, reflecting the organized documentation essential to its school. Its role in a collection highlights the quiet, mechanical effort required to preserve knowledge in a setting defined by study and magical theory.

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What it does

Reach

2 generic mana, tap: Put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.

"It's the largest library in the Multiverse. Of course it has the largest librarians."— Kasmina

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StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Cogwork Archivist was released in 2021 as part of the Strixhaven: School of Mages expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set within the magical university of Strixhaven, the card represents the intersection of the school's scholarly pursuits and its penchant for mechanical artifice. It was designed as an uncommon artifact creature, reflecting the construct-heavy aesthetic of the college of Lorehold, which specializes in the study of history and the animation of ancient relics.

The illustration was rendered by artist Svetlin Velinov, who has contributed extensively to the visual identity of the game. Velinov leaned into the academic theme by depicting the construct as a multi-armed, book-laden librarian tasked with maintaining the university's vast, shifting archives. The design was received as a functional, flavor-forward piece that helped define the set's mechanical identity regarding the manipulation of graveyards and artifact synergy.

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