Printings
Archon of Valor's Reach
Card Information
Type: Creature — Archon
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Battlebond (BBD)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 74
Oracle Text
Flying, vigilance, trample As this creature enters, choose artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, or planeswalker. Players can't cast spells of the chosen type.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 8, 2018
Whether it’s legal to cast a spell is determined before its costs are paid. This means that if Archon of Valor’s Reach has sorcery as the chosen type, you can’t cast Morbid Curiosity, even if you wish to sacrifice Archon of Valor’s Reach to do so.
Source: wotc - June 8, 2018
The enters-the-battlefield effect of Archon of Valor’s Reach is a replacement effect that doesn’t use the stack. No player can cast spells or activate abilities after it has entered the battlefield but before you choose a card type.
Source: wotc
Price History
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