---
name: "The Dawning Archaic"
mana_cost: "{10}"
cmc: 10
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Avatar"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Reach"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "1"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Josu Solano"
oracle_id: "a3e10b9b-9349-4b44-a46c-c825293dbd05"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-dawning-archaic-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Dawning Archaic
- **Mana Cost:** `{10}` (CMC: 10)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Avatar
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/7
- **Keywords:** Reach

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Reach
Whenever The Dawning Archaic attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sundering Archaic](/printing/sundering-archaic-sos.md) — Creature — Avatar
2. [Dreadhorde Arcanist](/printing/dreadhorde-arcanist-tsr.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
3. [Diluvian Primordial](/printing/diluvian-primordial-gtc.md) — Creature — Avatar
4. [Archaeomancer](/printing/archaeomancer-plst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Living Lore](/printing/living-lore-pdtk.md) — Creature — Avatar
6. [Demilich](/printing/demilich-afr.md) — Creature — Skeleton Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #1
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Josu Solano
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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