---
name: "Elvish Archers"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Elf Archer"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "CEI"
set_name: "Intl. Collectors' Edition"
collector_number: "192"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "534ce8e2-53a1-407c-9881-d3b5347d43c3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/elvish-archers-cei"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Elvish Archers
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Elf Archer
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike

> *I tell you, there was so many arrows flying about you couldn't hardly see the sun. So I says to young Angus, "Well, at least now we're fighting in the shade!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dawn's Light Archer](/printing/dawns-light-archer-ecl.md) — Creature — Elf Archer
2. [Sacellum Archers](/printing/sacellum-archers-con.md) — Creature — Elf Archer
3. [Longbow Archer](/printing/longbow-archer-6ed.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Archer
4. [Lys Alana Bowmaster](/printing/lys-alana-bowmaster-cmr.md) — Creature — Elf Archer
5. [Elite Archers](/printing/elite-archers-7ed.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Archer
6. [Norwood Archers](/printing/norwood-archers-plst.md) — Creature — Elf Archer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Intl. Collectors' Edition (CEI) #192
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 63 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`