---
name: "Architects of Will"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "ARB-17"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "79d290ea-c095-4135-9711-f3ce089dae43"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/architects-of-will-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Architects of Will
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Human Wizard
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order.
Cycling {U/B} ({U/B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pondering Mage](/printing/pondering-mage-mh1.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Sage of Epityr](/printing/sage-of-epityr-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Information Dealer](/printing/information-dealer-ons.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Sage of Days](/printing/sage-of-days-lci.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Sea Gate Oracle](/printing/sea-gate-oracle-khc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Descendant of Soramaro](/printing/descendant-of-soramaro-sok.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #ARB-17
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2008-10-01)* Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.