Transcendent Archaic

Name
Transcendent Archaic

Mana Cost

Type
Creature — Avatar

Set
Secrets of Strixhaven

Rarity
Uncommon

Text

Vigilance
Converge — When this creature enters, you may draw X cards, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell. If you draw one or more cards this way, discard two cards.


Flavor Text

Even as most archaics raged across Arcavios, others seemed to sink into contemplation.


Power/Toughness
6/6

Number
#5

Legal Formats
Alchemy | Brawl | Commander | Duel | Future | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Pioneer | Standard | Standard Brawl | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Arena | Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(20/03/2026)
If a spell with a converge ability is copied, no mana was spent to cast the copy, so the number of colors of mana spent to cast the spell will be zero. The number of colors spent to cast the original spell is not copied.


(20/03/2026)
If there are any alternative or additional costs to cast a spell with a converge ability, the colors of mana spent to pay those costs will count.


(20/03/2026)
If you cast a spell with converge without spending any mana to cast it (perhaps because an effect allowed you to cast it without paying its mana cost), then the number of colors spent to cast it will be zero.


(20/03/2026)
Unless a spell or ability allows you to, you can't choose to pay more mana for a spell with a converge ability just to spend more colors of mana. Likewise, if a spell or ability reduces the amount of mana it costs you to cast a spell with converge, you can't ignore that cost reduction in order to spend more colors of mana.


(20/03/2026)
The maximum number of colors of mana you can spend to cast a spell is five. Colorless is not a color. Note that the cost of a spell with converge may limit how many colors of mana you can spend.


Artist
Chris Rahn

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