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The Dawning Archaic
Legendary Creature — Avatar
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard. 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.
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Most Played With The Dawning Archaic (131)
Sol Ring
92% of decks · $1.38
Not of This World
91% of decks · $6.32
Eldrazi Confluence
91% of decks · $14.75
Kozilek's Command
91% of decks · $8.36
Zuko's Exile
90% of decks · $0.19
Scour from Existence
90% of decks · $0.23
Selective Obliteration
90% of decks · $2.04
Environmental Sciences
89% of decks · $0.20
Rise of the Eldrazi
86% of decks · $26.70
Calamity of the Titans
85% of decks · $4.04
Forsaken Monument
84% of decks · $6.59
Wandering Archaic
84% of decks
Gruesome Slaughter
82% of decks · $0.29
Expanded Anatomy
80% of decks · $0.26
Echoes of Eternity
79% of decks · $2.49
Glaring Fleshraker
79% of decks · $1.24
Abstruse Archaic
77% of decks · $2.69
Aang's Journey
75% of decks · $0.21
Energybending
73% of decks · $0.25
Ugin, the Ineffable
71% of decks · $2.34
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion
71% of decks · $1.12
Thran Dynamo
71% of decks · $4.43
Palladium Myr
68% of decks · $1.20
It That Heralds the End
64% of decks · $0.35
Mind Stone
58% of decks
Mystic Forge
58% of decks · $3.34
Millikin
57% of decks · $0.34
Hedron Archive
56% of decks · $0.25
Solemn Simulacrum
55% of decks · $0.34
Skittering Cicada
55% of decks · $12.69
The Warring Triad
55% of decks · $0.54
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
54% of decks · $40.36
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
52% of decks · $7.14
Thought Vessel
52% of decks
Lightning Greaves
51% of decks · $4.00
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
47% of decks · $6.25
Endbringer
45% of decks · $0.38
Swiftfoot Boots
44% of decks
Everflowing Chalice
43% of decks · $0.30
Together as One
43% of decks · $0.25
Anticausal Vestige
42% of decks · $2.06
Commander's Plate
42% of decks · $38.74
Chimil, the Inner Sun
42% of decks · $7.85
Lithoform Engine
39% of decks · $7.30
Worn Powerstone
38% of decks · $0.38
Zenith Chronicler
37% of decks · $0.66
Palantír of Orthanc
35% of decks · $19.21
Codex Shredder
35% of decks · $0.35
Ornithopter of Paradise
31% of decks · $2.23
Burnished Hart
31% of decks · $0.30
Darksteel Monolith
30% of decks · $25.76
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
30% of decks · $12.23
Summon: Bahamut
30% of decks · $25.52
Perpetual Timepiece
28% of decks · $0.34
Dreamstone Hedron
28% of decks · $0.34
The Eternity Elevator
26% of decks · $3.04
Expedition Map
25% of decks · $1.44
Eldrazi Conscription
24% of decks · $1.51
Conduit of Ruin
24% of decks · $4.43
Transcendent Archaic
24% of decks · $0.10
Basalt Monolith
24% of decks · $5.05
Artisan of Kozilek
23% of decks · $0.46
Biblioplex Assistant
23% of decks · $0.21
Mesmeric Orb
23% of decks · $18.03
Zhulodok, Void Gorger
20% of decks · $47.61
Crashing Drawbridge
20% of decks · $1.10
Sword of Wealth and Power
20% of decks · $20.44
Ghoulcaller's Bell
19% of decks · $0.30
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
19% of decks · $21.66
Geode Golem
19% of decks · $0.35
Kozilek, the Broken Reality
19% of decks · $4.75
Ugin's Mastery
19% of decks · $0.37
Panoptic Mirror
18% of decks · $26.47
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
18% of decks · $47.24
The One Ring
18% of decks · $116.27
Hedron Crawler
17% of decks · $0.24
Geometric Nexus
17% of decks · $0.35
Rancorous Archaic
17% of decks · $0.10
Cloud Key
16% of decks · $1.44
Kozilek's Channeler
16% of decks · $0.31
Breaker of Creation
16% of decks · $0.31
Collector's Vault
16% of decks · $0.61
Spawnbed Protector
16% of decks · $3.16
Sire of Seven Deaths
16% of decks · $18.95
Fellwar Stone
15% of decks
Manakin
15% of decks · $0.34
Spell Satchel
15% of decks · $0.12
Soul of New Phyrexia
15% of decks · $0.91
Chaos Wand
14% of decks · $0.41
Mind's Eye
14% of decks · $5.61
Roaming Throne
13% of decks · $51.97
Chromatic Lantern
13% of decks
Twinning Staff
13% of decks · $16.23
Emrakul, the World Anew
12% of decks · $6.46
Ulamog, the Defiler
12% of decks · $18.88
Key to the City
12% of decks · $1.48
Wand of Vertebrae
11% of decks · $0.14
Mana Vault
11% of decks · $116.06
Matzalantli, the Great Door
11% of decks
Wayfarer's Bauble
11% of decks · $5.61
Emrakul, the Promised End
11% of decks · $28.94
Sensei's Divining Top
11% of decks · $39.63
Oblivion Sower
11% of decks · $0.70
Argentum Masticore
10% of decks · $0.32
Strionic Resonator
9% of decks · $7.50
Ulamog's Dreadsire
9% of decks · $4.33
Void Winnower
9% of decks · $18.78
It That Betrays
9% of decks · $12.93
Wondrous Crucible
9% of decks · $2.30
Arcane Signet
9% of decks · $0.49
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
9% of decks · $35.30
Walker of the Wastes
9% of decks · $0.25
Liquimetal Torque
8% of decks · $3.02
The Aetherspark
8% of decks · $20.17
Platinum Angel
8% of decks · $10.51
Meteor Golem
8% of decks · $0.26
Rings of Brighthearth
7% of decks · $5.30
Unwinding Clock
7% of decks · $22.79
Crucible of Worlds
7% of decks · $33.00
Helm of Awakening
7% of decks · $3.63
Chromatic Orrery
7% of decks · $32.46
Whispersilk Cloak
7% of decks · $2.22
Stonespeaker Crystal
7% of decks · $0.37
The Endstone
7% of decks · $2.91
Potioner's Trove
6% of decks · $0.12
Scrawling Crawler
6% of decks · $6.60
Gilded Lotus
6% of decks · $0.54
Manifold Key
6% of decks · $1.51
Keening Stone
6% of decks · $0.40
Grim Monolith
5% of decks · $478.02
Sol Talisman
5% of decks · $1.18
New Cards
Omnath, Locus of the Void
29% of decks · $2.66
Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
23% of decks · $20.33
Murmuring Volume
8% of decks · $0.18
Troop of Ponies
7% of decks · $0.33
Hall of Echoes
6% of decks · $2.70
Creatures (50)
Wandering Archaic
84% of decks
Glaring Fleshraker
79% of decks · $1.24
Abstruse Archaic
77% of decks · $2.69
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion
71% of decks · $1.12
Palladium Myr
68% of decks · $1.20
It That Heralds the End
64% of decks · $0.35
Millikin
57% of decks · $0.34
Solemn Simulacrum
55% of decks · $0.34
Skittering Cicada
55% of decks · $12.69
The Warring Triad
55% of decks · $0.54
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
52% of decks · $7.14
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
47% of decks · $6.25
Endbringer
45% of decks · $0.38
Anticausal Vestige
42% of decks · $2.06
Zenith Chronicler
37% of decks · $0.66
Ornithopter of Paradise
31% of decks · $2.23
Burnished Hart
31% of decks · $0.30
Summon: Bahamut
30% of decks · $25.52
Conduit of Ruin
24% of decks · $4.43
Transcendent Archaic
24% of decks · $0.10
Artisan of Kozilek
23% of decks · $0.46
Biblioplex Assistant
23% of decks · $0.21
Zhulodok, Void Gorger
20% of decks · $47.61
Crashing Drawbridge
20% of decks · $1.10
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
19% of decks · $21.66
Geode Golem
19% of decks · $0.35
Kozilek, the Broken Reality
19% of decks · $4.75
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
18% of decks · $47.24
Hedron Crawler
17% of decks · $0.24
Rancorous Archaic
17% of decks · $0.10
Kozilek's Channeler
16% of decks · $0.31
Breaker of Creation
16% of decks · $0.31
Spawnbed Protector
16% of decks · $3.16
Sire of Seven Deaths
16% of decks · $18.95
Manakin
15% of decks · $0.34
Soul of New Phyrexia
15% of decks · $0.91
Roaming Throne
13% of decks · $51.97
Emrakul, the World Anew
12% of decks · $6.46
Ulamog, the Defiler
12% of decks · $18.88
Emrakul, the Promised End
11% of decks · $28.94
Oblivion Sower
11% of decks · $0.70
Argentum Masticore
10% of decks · $0.32
Ulamog's Dreadsire
9% of decks · $4.33
Void Winnower
9% of decks · $18.78
It That Betrays
9% of decks · $12.93
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
9% of decks · $35.30
Walker of the Wastes
9% of decks · $0.25
Platinum Angel
8% of decks · $10.51
Meteor Golem
8% of decks · $0.26
Scrawling Crawler
6% of decks · $6.60
Instants (6)
Not of This World
91% of decks · $6.32
Eldrazi Confluence
91% of decks · $14.75
Kozilek's Command
91% of decks · $8.36
Zuko's Exile
90% of decks · $0.19
Scour from Existence
90% of decks · $0.23
Energybending
73% of decks · $0.25
Sorceries (8)
Selective Obliteration
90% of decks · $2.04
Environmental Sciences
89% of decks · $0.20
Rise of the Eldrazi
86% of decks · $26.70
Calamity of the Titans
85% of decks · $4.04
Gruesome Slaughter
82% of decks · $0.29
Expanded Anatomy
80% of decks · $0.26
Aang's Journey
75% of decks · $0.21
Together as One
43% of decks · $0.25
Utility Artifacts (38)
Forsaken Monument
84% of decks · $6.59
Mystic Forge
58% of decks · $3.34
Lightning Greaves
51% of decks · $4.00
Swiftfoot Boots
44% of decks
Commander's Plate
42% of decks · $38.74
Chimil, the Inner Sun
42% of decks · $7.85
Lithoform Engine
39% of decks · $7.30
Palantír of Orthanc
35% of decks · $19.21
Codex Shredder
35% of decks · $0.35
Darksteel Monolith
30% of decks · $25.76
Perpetual Timepiece
28% of decks · $0.34
Expedition Map
25% of decks · $1.44
Mesmeric Orb
23% of decks · $18.03
Sword of Wealth and Power
20% of decks · $20.44
Ghoulcaller's Bell
19% of decks · $0.30
Panoptic Mirror
18% of decks · $26.47
The One Ring
18% of decks · $116.27
Geometric Nexus
17% of decks · $0.35
Cloud Key
16% of decks · $1.44
Collector's Vault
16% of decks · $0.61
Chaos Wand
14% of decks · $0.41
Mind's Eye
14% of decks · $5.61
Twinning Staff
13% of decks · $16.23
Key to the City
12% of decks · $1.48
Wand of Vertebrae
11% of decks · $0.14
Matzalantli, the Great Door
11% of decks
Wayfarer's Bauble
11% of decks · $5.61
Sensei's Divining Top
11% of decks · $39.63
Strionic Resonator
9% of decks · $7.50
Wondrous Crucible
9% of decks · $2.30
Rings of Brighthearth
7% of decks · $5.30
Unwinding Clock
7% of decks · $22.79
Crucible of Worlds
7% of decks · $33.00
Helm of Awakening
7% of decks · $3.63
Whispersilk Cloak
7% of decks · $2.22
The Endstone
7% of decks · $2.91
Manifold Key
6% of decks · $1.51
Keening Stone
6% of decks · $0.40
Mana Artifacts (23)
Sol Ring
92% of decks · $1.38
Thran Dynamo
71% of decks · $4.43
Mind Stone
58% of decks
Hedron Archive
56% of decks · $0.25
Thought Vessel
52% of decks
Everflowing Chalice
43% of decks · $0.30
Worn Powerstone
38% of decks · $0.38
Dreamstone Hedron
28% of decks · $0.34
The Eternity Elevator
26% of decks · $3.04
Basalt Monolith
24% of decks · $5.05
Fellwar Stone
15% of decks
Spell Satchel
15% of decks · $0.12
Chromatic Lantern
13% of decks
Mana Vault
11% of decks · $116.06
Arcane Signet
9% of decks · $0.49
Liquimetal Torque
8% of decks · $3.02
The Aetherspark
8% of decks · $20.17
Chromatic Orrery
7% of decks · $32.46
Stonespeaker Crystal
7% of decks · $0.37
Potioner's Trove
6% of decks · $0.12
Gilded Lotus
6% of decks · $0.54
Grim Monolith
5% of decks · $478.02
Sol Talisman
5% of decks · $1.18
Enchantments (3)
Echoes of Eternity
79% of decks · $2.49
Eldrazi Conscription
24% of decks · $1.51
Ugin's Mastery
19% of decks · $0.37
Planeswalkers (3)
Ugin, the Ineffable
71% of decks · $2.34
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
54% of decks · $40.36
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
30% of decks · $12.23
Utility Lands (50)
Urza's Mine
79% of decks
Urza's Tower
78% of decks
Urza's Power Plant
78% of decks
Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
74% of decks
War Room
66% of decks
Reliquary Tower
64% of decks
Rogue's Passage
62% of decks
Temple of the False God
56% of decks
Urza's Workshop
52% of decks
Ugin's Labyrinth
48% of decks
Sanctum of Ugin
45% of decks
Buried Ruin
44% of decks
Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
43% of decks
Urza's Saga
42% of decks
Bonders' Enclave
42% of decks
Mirrorpool
39% of decks
Darksteel Citadel
37% of decks
Geier Reach Sanitarium
36% of decks
Eldrazi Temple
34% of decks
Thespian's Stage
32% of decks
Vesuva
32% of decks
Guildless Commons
32% of decks
Ancient Tomb
28% of decks
Zhalfirin Void
27% of decks
Deserted Temple
25% of decks
Arcane Lighthouse
23% of decks
Urza's Factory
22% of decks
Command Beacon
22% of decks
Scavenger Grounds
22% of decks
Inventors' Fair
22% of decks
Muraganda Raceway
20% of decks
Blast Zone
18% of decks
Arid Archway
16% of decks
Arch of Orazca
16% of decks
Adventurer's Inn
16% of decks
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
16% of decks
Crystal Vein
15% of decks
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
15% of decks
Glimmerpost
14% of decks
The Biblioplex
14% of decks
Cloudpost
14% of decks
Trenchpost
13% of decks
Petrified Hamlet
13% of decks
Tocasia's Dig Site
12% of decks
Fountainport
11% of decks
Treasure Vault
11% of decks
Eye of Ugin
10% of decks
Drownyard Temple
10% of decks
Cascading Cataracts
10% of decks
Fomori Vault
10% of decks
Lands (16)
Wastes
92% of decks
Urza's Cave
56% of decks
Conduit Pylons
32% of decks
Planar Nexus
31% of decks
Hidden Grotto
29% of decks
The Mycosynth Gardens
23% of decks
Talon Gates of Madara
19% of decks
Hall of Oracles
16% of decks
Demolition Field
14% of decks
Crystal Grotto
14% of decks
Myriad Landscape
13% of decks
Gallifrey Council Chamber
11% of decks
Exotic Orchard
11% of decks
Snow-Covered Wastes
10% of decks
Capital City
10% of decks
Cavern of Souls
7% of decks
Play-rate data via EDHREC. Card images and prices via Scryfall.
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