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Archivist of Gondor

Archivist of Gondor Price

3 printings · 1 set · first printed 2023

Cheapest $0.30
Median $0.42
Highest $0.48
EDHREC Rank #10,049

Archivist of Gondor has been printed 3 times across 1 set, first in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is Tales of Middle-earth Commander #18 at $0.30, while the most expensive is Tales of Middle-earth Commander #420 at $0.48. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.42. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like Tales of Middle-earth Commander.

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Every Archivist of Gondor Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
Tales of Middle-earth Commander #18 (R) Cheapest 2023 $0.30 —
Tales of Middle-earth Commander #101 (R) 2023 $0.42 $0.11
Tales of Middle-earth Commander #420 (R) 2023 $0.48 $0.20

Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.

Oracle Text
Creature — Human Advisor
When your commander deals combat damage to a player, if there is no monarch, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card.
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Legal In
Legacy Vintage Commander

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

5 Precedents

There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."

The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.

If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.

If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.

If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.