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.
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
In the last 30 days 0.0% of Modern decks played it (1 of 2239). Most played in WU (unclassified). In the last 30 days 4.2% of Pauper decks played it (81 of 1906). Most played in Dimir Control.
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 (#107)
Blue, Creatures, Recursion
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Combos
395 combos from Commander Spellbook, 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
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Legal
- PreDH Not legal
- Tiny Leaders Not legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
