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The Archimandrite

{2}{U}{R}{W}

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

BRCThe Brothers' War Commander#46rare
Extended Art
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 29–357
Illustrator
Cristi Balanescu
Found in
The Brothers' War Collector Booster Pack · The Brothers' War Collector Booster Sample Pack
Printings3Combos4EDHREC rank#17,377
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4. Whenever you gain life, each Advisor, Artificer, and Monk you control gains vigilance and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained. Tap three untapped Advisors, Artificers, and/or Monks you control: Draw a card.
0/5
Plays as:
Card DrawLifegain Payoff
Market · per finishspark updated 21m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+12.0%
$0.28
$0.08 low$0.05 gapTCGplayer
Foil0.0%
$0.42
$0.14 low$0.02 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.28· across 3 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

2 · latest Oct 14, 2022
  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Since The Archimandrite’s activated ability doesn’t have a tap symbol in its cost, you can tap creatures that haven’t been under your control since your most recent turn began (including The Archimandrite itself) to pay the cost.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    You can’t gain negative amounts of life. If you have fewer than four cards in hand as the first ability resolves, you won’t gain any life, but you won’t lose any life either.

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