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Abstruse Archaic

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Commander Masters·cmm #712·Rare·2023·Art by Hristo D. Chukov
StandardNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

{1}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control from a colorless source. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Unburdened from mortality, archaics wander the Vastlands seeking knowledge only they can comprehend.

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Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Number
#712
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Hristo D. Chukov
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil
USD
$2.82
EUR
1.79
MTGO Tix
2.10

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings11

7/28/2023·wotc

In some cases involving linked abilities, an ability requires information about "the exiled card." When this happens, the ability gets multiple answers. If these answers are being used to determine the value of a variable, the sum is used. If an ability attempts to create a token that is a copy of "the exiled card," it creates a token for each card exiled this way that is a copy of that card.

7/28/2023·wotc

Abstruse Archaic's ability can copy activated and triggered abilities of dungeons, emblems, planes, and phenomenons. It can't copy the Planechase-specific "planeswalking ability" or the triggered abilities associated with the monarch or initiative designations, as those abilities have no source.

7/28/2023·wotc

If the activated ability's cost contains a choice, such as a creature to sacrifice or a number of counters to remove, the copy uses that same information. You can't pay the cost again, even if you want to.

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