First printed in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026)
Sundering Archaic 
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Converge — When this creature enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast this creature.: Put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.
3/3
- Illustrated by
- Quintin Gleim
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Rulings (5)
- Unless a spell or ability allows you to, you can't choose to pay more mana for a spell with a converge ability just to spend more colors of mana. Likewise, if a spell or ability reduces the amount of mana it costs you to cast a spell with converge, you can't ignore that cost reduction in order to spend more colors of mana.
- If a spell with a converge ability is copied, no mana was spent to cast the copy, so the number of colors of mana spent to cast the spell will be zero. The number of colors spent to cast the original spell is not copied.
- The maximum number of colors of mana you can spend to cast a spell is five. Colorless is not a color. Note that the cost of a spell with converge may limit how many colors of mana you can spend.
- If you cast a spell with converge without spending any mana to cast it (perhaps because an effect allowed you to cast it without paying its mana cost), then the number of colors spent to cast it will be zero.
- If there are any alternative or additional costs to cast a spell with a converge ability, the colors of mana spent to pay those costs will count.
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).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), Premier Draft | 58.8% | +3.4 | +6.0 | 31892 |
- 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
Combos
44 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Grenzo, Dungeon Warden + Sundering Archaic + Threefold Thunderhulk
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Grenzo, Dungeon Warden + Orcish Bowmasters + Sundering Archaic
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Grenzo, Dungeon Warden + Phyrexian Altar + Sundering Archaic + Threefold Thunderhulk
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Grenzo, Dungeon Warden + Sundering Archaic + Thermopod + Threefold Thunderhulk
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Sundering Archaic + The Vision and Scarlet Witch + Wretched Throng
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Extractor Demon + Quintorius, Field Historian + Sundering Archaic
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Jeska's Will + Sundering Archaic + Sunforger + Unexpected Windfall + Zirda, the Dawnwaker
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Extractor Demon + Sundering Archaic + Tormod, the Desecrator
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Rooftop Storm + Sundering Archaic + Wretched Throng
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Big Score + Jeska's Will + Sundering Archaic + Sunforger + Zirda, the Dawnwaker