---
name: "Archivist of Gondor"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Advisor"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "LTC"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Commander"
collector_number: "420"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wisnu Tan"
oracle_id: "a086f7a5-1319-4c5d-b23f-41bec2f81027"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/archivist-of-gondor-ltc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Archivist of Gondor
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Advisor
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
When your commander deals combat damage to a player, if there is no monarch, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card.

> *"If indeed you look only, as you say, for records of ancient days and the beginnings of the City, read on!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Jared Carthalion, True Heir](/printing/jared-carthalion-true-heir-prm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Archon of Coronation](/printing/archon-of-coronation-ncc.md) — Creature — Archon
3. [Faramir, Steward of Gondor](/printing/faramir-steward-of-gondor-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble
4. [Champions of Minas Tirith](/printing/champions-of-minas-tirith-ltc.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [M'Baku, Jabari Chieftain](/printing/mbaku-jabari-chieftain-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble Warrior
6. [Court of Ardenvale](/printing/court-of-ardenvale-woc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #420
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wisnu Tan
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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