archaeomancer + archaeomancer + ghostly flicker = any spell in graveyard back to hand + ghostly flicker also
archaeomancer + clone + ghostly flicker = any spell back + ghostly flicker / clone anything with etb trigger/ ltb trigger repeatedly....opponents thragtusk
archaeomancer + cackling counterpart + omniscience = infinite arcaeomancers
archaeomancer + sleep + conjurers closet permanent tap out
he's almost a tamiyo emblem if you use him right.
Posted By:
cookitagain
(1/3/2013 9:44:04 PM)
@Smoke_Stack But it's much harder to play the instant/sorcery you get on the turn you put down archaeomancer. Snapcaster basically reads: "Cast any instant or sorcery in your graveyard for its CMC+2 at any time they could normally be played." With snapcaster, your opponent doesn't know what you'll hit them with, particularly if you use self-mill or looting to fill up your graveyard with all sorts of goodies. Archaeo is too slow, and because you choose the spell usually a turn before you cast it, your opponent has a turn to evaluate how to deal with whatever you've put into your hand. Sure, you get the spell for its normal cost the next turn, but in today's Standard environment, speed is everything.
Two more things: Snapcaster's flash ability allows him to surprise block an attacker, so the creature itself, as a 2/1, can make for good removal. Also, Archaeo's double U cost makes it significantly less splashable in competitive decks compared to Snapcaster.
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Posted By:
StyxTBeuford
(3/27/2013 1:40:14 PM)
I really liked the combo Brian David-Marshall had in today's column: Combo this with Ghostly Flicker and any other creature to "Build your own Deadeye Navigator". That's frickin' awesome!
Posted By:
Flyheight
(7/6/2012 12:16:42 PM)
Why would this displace Anarchist when the colors don't match? It's Scrivener (who IS in blue) who's in trouble...
Posted By:
SkyknightXi
(7/6/2012 8:32:23 AM)
i use 4 of these in my blue deck. it combos well with Talrand's Invocation
Posted By:
gregorythefirst
(1/31/2013 7:15:55 AM)
Question for you all. How do we feel about this versus Mystic Retrieval?
Posted By:
mimicvatmasta1
(7/24/2012 5:12:33 PM)
A useful card for any U Control; certainly better than either Scrivener or Anarchist. The power is one lower and it is more color-intensive, but it has a lower CMC and can retrieve a sorcery OR an instant, not one or the other. Great late game when your GY is getting somewhat full, and it gives you a chump blocker too.
3.5/5
Posted By:
Eddie_Antilles
(8/4/2012 6:38:04 AM)
Look everybody, it's Indiana Jones, Planeswalker! :D
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(7/5/2012 10:22:49 PM)
Cackling counterpart
Posted By:
DarkTowerEX
(7/6/2012 4:30:57 AM)
Use this card to return Angel's Mercy to your hand and you will have longevity!
Posted By:
Lotsofpoopy
(9/1/2012 6:51:01 AM)