First printed in Magic 2013 (2012)
All 12 prints
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Special Guests (SPG) #149, 2026
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2242, 2025
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Pioneer Masters (PIO) #284, 2024 (digital)
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Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #285, 2024
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The List (PLST) #M14-43, 2024
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #283, 2021
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The List (PLST) #C17-81, 2019
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Ultimate Masters (UMA) #45, 2018
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Commander 2017 (C17) #81, 2017
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Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (DDM) #13, 2014
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Magic 2014 (M14) #43, 2013
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Magic 2013 (M13) #41, 2012
Archaeomancer 
Creature — Human Wizard
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."
1/2
- Illustrated by
- Zoltan Boros
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Ruling (1)
- If an instant or sorcery spell puts Archaeomancer onto the battlefield, its ability can target that card in your graveyard.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), Premier Draft | 53.9% | -1.4 | +2.6 | 1016 |
| Pioneer Masters (PIO), Premier Draft | 54.5% | -0.9 | -0.3 | 2089 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Staple
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Pauper staples:
main deck, 5% of decks (#100)
Blue, Creatures, Recursion
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Combos
395 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB…: Archaeomancer + Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Archaeomancer + High Tide + Snap
- Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB…: Archaeomancer + Displace + Peregrine Drake
- Infinite casts of any instants and/or sorcery cards in your hand or graveyard, Infinite creature ETB…: Archaeomancer + Cloud of Faeries + Ghostly Flicker + Panharmonicon
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Archaeomancer + Ghostly Flicker + Gilded Lotus
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Archaeomancer + Cloudshift
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Archaeomancer + Ghostly Flicker
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Archaeomancer + Momentary Blink
- Return all nonland permanents opponents control to their hand on each of your turns, Lock: Archaeomancer + Brago, King Eternal + Cyclonic Rift
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Archaeomancer + Essence Flux
