Printings
The Archimandrite
Card Information
Type: Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: The Brothers' War Commander (BRC)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 26
Oracle Text
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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 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.
Source: wotc - October 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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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