---
name: "Archmage of Runes"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Giant Wizard"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "30"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kai Carpenter"
oracle_id: "28045b32-4c1a-40e5-a15d-524d0f8fe6ec"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/archmage-of-runes-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Archmage of Runes
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Giant Wizard

## Oracle Text
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Archmage Emeritus](/printing/archmage-emeritus-soc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Arcane Epiphany](/printing/arcane-epiphany-fdn.md) — Instant
3. [Arcane Melee](/printing/arcane-melee-c13.md) — Enchantment
4. [Goblin Electromancer](/printing/goblin-electromancer-tdc.md) — Creature — Goblin Wizard
5. [Omnispell Adept](/printing/omnispell-adept-grn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Mana Matrix](/printing/mana-matrix-me4.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #30
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kai Carpenter

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-11-08)* Archmage of Runes's first ability can't reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic mana component of that spell.
- *(2024-11-08)* Archmage of Runes's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.
- *(2024-11-08)* Archmage of Runes's first ability doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you pay to cast instant and sorcery spells.