The Dawning Archaic
Legendary Creature — Avatar
Mana cost: {10}
How we read this card
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
static — costs less
Reach
Whenever The Dawning Archaic attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
triggered — brings a card back
triggered —
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: cast an instant, cast a sorcery, an instant leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard, exile a spell, a spell leaves the battlefield.
Cares about: an instant in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.
Works well with
an instant in a graveyard — 2 cards in the game can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).
- Makeshift Mannequin — When Makeshift Mannequin is in the graveyard, The Dawning Archaic gets bigger
- Supper for Spiders — When Supper for Spiders is in the graveyard, The Dawning Archaic gets bigger
hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
- Polymorph — Polymorph can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
- Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
- Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
- Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
- Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
- Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
- Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
- Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
- Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put The Dawning Archaic onto the battlefield from your library
8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).
- Murktide Regent — When an instant leaves a graveyard thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).
- The War Doctor — When The Dawning Archaic is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).
- Electro, Assaulting Battery — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Electro, Assaulting Battery adds 1 mana
- Spellweaver Volute — When a sorcery is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Spellweaver Volute copies a spell
- Riku of Two Reflections — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Riku of Two Reflections copies a spell
- Sword of Wealth and Power — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Sword of Wealth and Power copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot gets +1/+1
- Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Metallurgic Summonings — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Metallurgic Summonings makes a token
- Storm-Kiln Artist — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Storm-Kiln Artist makes a token
- Niblis of Frost — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Niblis of Frost taps a creature an opponent controls
- Mica, Reader of Ruins — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Mica, Reader of Ruins sacrifices an artifact
424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).
- God-Eternal Oketra — When The Dawning Archaic is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token
90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).
- Pollywog Prodigy — When The Dawning Archaic enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself
323 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.