edhseer Commander synergy, explained

The Dawning Archaic

The Dawning Archaic

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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 we read on this card

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

a sorcery is cast — 25 cards in The Dawning Archaic's colors can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).

When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic:

  1. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  2. Geometric Nexus — puts that spell's mana value charge counters on itself
  3. Spell Satchel — puts a book counter on itself
  4. Sphinx-Bone Wand — puts a charge counter on itself
  5. Diary of Dreams — puts a page counter on itself
  6. Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Mirari — copies a spell
  8. Great Hall of the Biblioplex — gets +1/+0
  9. The Fantasticar — turns something into a creature
  10. Dynavolt Tower — puts a counter on a permanent you control

9 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 749 cards in The Dawning Archaic's colors can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).

When The Dawning Archaic attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  3. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  4. Andúril, Flame of the West — makes 2 tokens
  5. Moonsilver Spear — makes a token
  6. Captain's Claws — makes a token
  7. Sigiled Sword of Valeron — makes a token
  8. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

26 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 749 cards in The Dawning Archaic's colors can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).

When The Dawning Archaic attacks:

  1. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — deals 100 damage
  3. Twins of Discord — triggers
  4. Cosmic Cube — triggers
  5. Doom's Time Platform — exiles a card from your graveyard

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 749 cards in The Dawning Archaic's colors can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).

When The Dawning Archaic blocks:

  1. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  2. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

a creature is cast — 755 cards in The Dawning Archaic's colors can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).

When The Dawning Archaic is cast:

  1. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  2. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  4. Rhonas's Monument — gives +2/+2
  5. Traxos, Scourge Eternal — untaps itself
  6. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  7. Kefnet's Monument — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 784 cards in The Dawning Archaic's colors can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).

  1. Minion Reflector — When The Dawning Archaic enters, Minion Reflector makes a token

a creature enters the battlefield — 905 cards in The Dawning Archaic's colors can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).

When The Dawning Archaic enters:

  1. Glaring Fleshraker — deals 1 damage
  2. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  3. Bloodline Pretender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Soultether Golem — puts a time counter on itself
  5. Symmetry Matrix — draws you 1 card
  6. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself
  7. Eldrazi Mimic — triggers
  8. Portcullis — flickers a creature
  9. Decoction Module — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  10. Ronin Warclub — triggers

9 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 2,357 cards in The Dawning Archaic's colors can cause this (The Dawning Archaic is one).

  1. Relic Amulet — When an instant or sorcery is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, Relic Amulet puts a charge counter on itself