---
name: "Vadrik, Astral Archmage"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "248"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kieran Yanner"
oracle_id: "a9ab17ce-ba07-4ce8-99f9-9c4c633957f7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vadrik-astral-archmage-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Vadrik, Astral Archmage
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2

## Oracle Text
If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as Vadrik enters.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is Vadrik's power.
Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, put a +1/+1 counter on Vadrik.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Firmament Sage](/printing/firmament-sage-dbl.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Obsessive Astronomer](/printing/obsessive-astronomer-mid.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Celestus Sanctifier](/printing/celestus-sanctifier-dbl.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Archmage of Runes](/printing/archmage-of-runes-pfdn.md) — Creature — Giant Wizard
5. [The Weekly Princess](/printing/the-weekly-princess-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble
6. [Gavony Dawnguard](/printing/gavony-dawnguard-dbl.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #248
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kieran Yanner
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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