---
name: "Spectral Arcanist"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Spirit Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "VOC"
set_name: "Crimson Vow Commander"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Johan Grenier"
oracle_id: "aba60536-ffbd-480c-8e8f-9639bdc53d4b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spectral-arcanist-voc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spectral Arcanist
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Spirits you control from a graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scholar of the Lost Trove](/printing/scholar-of-the-lost-trove-jmp.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Patrician Geist](/printing/patrician-geist-dbl.md) — Creature — Spirit Knight
3. [A-Patrician Geist](/printing/a-patrician-geist-mid.md) — Creature — Spirit Knight
4. [Guardian of Solitude](/printing/guardian-of-solitude-chk.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Cemetery Illuminator](/printing/cemetery-illuminator-pvow.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Wayward Soul](/printing/wayward-soul-exo.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #15
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Johan Grenier
- **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`