---
name: "Haldan, Avid Arcanist"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Partner with", "Partner"]
set: "C20"
set_name: "Commander 2020"
collector_number: "2"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Manuel Castañón"
oracle_id: "6a0b78fb-3838-47d9-8d1a-b6b0c0e8927d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/haldan-avid-arcanist-c20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Haldan, Avid Arcanist
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/4
- **Keywords:** Partner with, Partner

## Oracle Text
Partner with Pako, Arcane Retriever (When this creature enters, target player may put Pako into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
You may play lands and cast noncreature spells from among cards you exiled that have fetch counters on them, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pako, Arcane Retriever](/printing/pako-arcane-retriever-c20.md) — Legendary Creature — Elemental Dog
2. [Hargilde, Kindly Runechanter](/printing/hargilde-kindly-runechanter-sld.md) — Legendary Creature — Human
3. [Lore Weaver](/printing/lore-weaver-pbbd.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Chakram Retriever](/printing/chakram-retriever-pbbd.md) — Creature — Elemental Dog
5. [Alphinaud Leveilleur](/printing/alphinaud-leveilleur-fic.md) — Legendary Creature — Elf Wizard
6. [Kaho, Minamo Historian](/printing/kaho-minamo-historian-cmm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2020 (C20) #2
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Manuel Castañón
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`