---
name: "Archaic's Agony"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Converge"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "107"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Joshua Raphael"
oracle_id: "55d1a788-fe9a-4e19-a524-6709f728ea28"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/archaics-agony-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Archaic's Agony
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Converge

## Oracle Text
Converge — Archaic's Agony deals X damage to target creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell. Exile cards from the top of your library equal to the excess damage dealt to that creature this way. You may play those cards until the end of your next turn.

> *Il suo passato divenne presente, e il presente divenne paradosso.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sundering Archaic](/printing/sundering-archaic-sos.md) — Creature — Avatar
2. [Arcane Omens](/printing/arcane-omens-sos.md) — Sorcery
3. [Kaleidoscorch](/printing/kaleidoscorch-mh2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Radiant Flames](/printing/radiant-flames-pbfz.md) — Sorcery
5. [Magmablood Archaic](/printing/magmablood-archaic-sos.md) — Creature — Avatar
6. [Soulfire Eruption](/printing/soulfire-eruption-cmr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #107
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Joshua Raphael
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`