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
- $0.15
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
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
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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