Cranial Archive
Khans of Tarkir 218 • uncommon
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Collector number
- 218
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Volkan Baǵa
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
2 generic mana, Exile this artifact: Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. Draw a card.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cranial Archive was released in 2014 as part of the Khans of Tarkir expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to explore the flavor of a war-torn plane inspired by historical Central Asian themes, focusing on the conflicting philosophies of five distinct clans. Within this set, the card was introduced as an artifact reflecting the theme of historical preservation and the hoarding of knowledge amidst the chaos of Tarkir's ongoing conflicts.
The artwork for Cranial Archive was created by illustrator Svetlin Velinov. Tasked with depicting the artifact's function—shuffling a graveyard back into a library—Velinov rendered the archive as a mystical, glowing repository. The design aligns with the game's broader mechanical exploration of 'utility artifacts,' which are intended to provide players with graveyard-management tools while grounding the game's mechanics in the specific lore of the Tarkir setting.
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