Spectral Arcanist
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Spirit Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 2
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander #53 (rare)
- Price
- $0.31 USD
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.
Spectral Arcanist has 2 printings, first in Crimson Vow Commander (2021). EDHREC ranks it #12,903 among Commander cards. It appears most in Millicent, Restless Revenant decks (4,730 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Spectral Arcanist
- Spirit Squadron - Crimson Vow Commander, led by Millicent, Restless Revenant
Commanders that run Spectral Arcanist most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Millicent, Restless Revenant: 4,730 decks
- Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing: 663 decks
- Donal, Herald of Wings: 260 decks
- Cloudhoof Kirin: 88 decks
- The Unspeakable: 22 decks
- Timin, Youthful Geist: 2 decks
Often played with Spectral Arcanist
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you choose to cast the spell, you must do so as Spectral Arcanist's ability is resolving. You can't wait and cast it later.
- : If you cast a spell with X in its mana cost this way, you must choose 0 as the value for X.
- : If you cast a spell without paying its mana cost, you may choose to pay additional costs (such as kicker) but not alternative costs (such as flashback).