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Rob the Archives

First printed in Streets of New Capenna (2022)

Rob the Archives

Sorcery

Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.)
Exile the top two cards of your library. You may play those cards this turn.

"Well, I guess stealth's out of the question."

Illustrated by
Steve Argyle
Watermark
Maestros

Legality

Rulings (5)

  • You may sacrifice only one creature to pay a spell's casualty cost, and you copy the spell only once.
  • Casualty N means “As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power N or greater.” and “When you cast this spell, if a casualty cost was paid for it, copy it. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for the copy.”
  • If you pay the casualty cost of a spell, the copy will resolve before the original spell.
  • The copy of the spell is created on the stack, so it's not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
  • You must pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for cards played this way. For example, you may play lands this way only during your main phase while no spells or abilities are on the stack and only if you haven't played a land yet this turn.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.003 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).

Win rates of Rob the Archives in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Streets of New Capenna (SNC), Premier Draft 47.3% -7.9 -2.6 3750
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

Commander In 97 of 6150 decks (1.6%), most in Ral, Monsoon Mage

Share of decks
1.6%
▼ 0.2 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-20: 1.8% 2026-08-27: 2.2% 2026-09-03: 2.1% 2026-09-10: 1.8% 2026-09-17: 1.6% 2026-09-24: 1.4% 2026-10-01: 1.8% 2026-10-08: 1.3% 2026-10-15: 1.2% 2026-10-22: 1.9%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
97
97 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
34%
20 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Ral, Monsoon Mage 1.9% 81%
Krark, the Thumbless + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh 0.0% 67%
Longshot, Rebel Bowman 0.0% 50%
Urabrask 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Seething Song100%12.0
Desperate Ritual100%11.1
Pyretic Ritual100%9.7
Strike It Rich100%7.1
Jeska's Will100%3.3
Rite of Flame100%2.4
Underworld Breach100%2.4
Deflecting Swat100%1.8
Wheel of Fortune99%5.1
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty99%4.7

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Ral, Monsoon Mage
Aidan M Stanley in Commander Invitational Qualifier - East Coast Gaming
4-1
80%
Urabrask
Connor Matthews in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)
4-2
67%
Ral, Monsoon Mage
Jared Simonsen in The Family Jewelz: Underground Sea - Monthly CEDH
3-2
60%
Ral, Monsoon Mage
Nathan Turner in Blast Off Gaming Whispers From The Archives cEDH Tournament!
3-3
50%
Ral, Monsoon Mage
Roxora in Land, Go: Sunshine Showdown $10k+ cEDH
3-3
50%
Ral, Monsoon Mage
Holly Houtz in Gem State CEDH | Ad Naus for a Cause!
2-3
40%
Urabrask
Connor Matthews in Perfect Storm Comics & Games - Tabernacle 10K
2-3
40%
Ral, Monsoon Mage
Matias Caicedo [R] in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede La Serena
2-3
40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

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