---
name: "Archmage Ascension"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Christopher Moeller"
oracle_id: "5966c464-5f63-4c71-9317-e2ca79da5aba"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/archmage-ascension-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Archmage Ascension
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of each end step, if you drew two or more cards this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment.
As long as this enchantment has six or more quest counters on it, if you would draw a card, you may instead search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pursuit of Knowledge](/printing/pursuit-of-knowledge-plst.md) — Enchantment
2. [Archivist](/printing/archivist-8ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Heart of a Duelist](/printing/heart-of-a-duelist-mb2.md) — Enchantment
4. [Archmage Emeritus](/printing/archmage-emeritus-spg.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Loreseeker's Stone](/printing/loreseekers-stone-c14.md) — Artifact
6. [Library of Lat-Nam](/printing/library-of-lat-nam-all.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #42
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Christopher Moeller
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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