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Arcanis the Omnipotent

Legendary Creature — Wizard

{T}: Draw three cards.
{2}{U}{U}: Return Arcanis to its owner's hand.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
World Championship Decks 2003
Price
$2.32
EDHREC rank
#3014
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Arcanis the Omnipotent card art
Arcanis the Omnipotent draws three cards every turn it untaps — that's the whole conversation. The cost is six mana and a creature that folds to any removal spell before you see a single card, which is why pairing it with Mind Over Matter or sleeving it under Mairsil, the Pretender is the correct move rather than running it naked.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Mairsil, the Pretender

Mairsil, the Pretender

80.4% of decks · synergy 0.79

Mairsil, the Pretender exiles Arcanis the Omnipotent to cage its activated ability, then uses flicker effects to untap and draw three repeatedly without ever putting the 3/4 body at risk of removal.

02
Braids, Conjurer Adept

Braids, Conjurer Adept

60.1% of decks · synergy 0.53

Braids, Conjurer Adept cheats permanents into play at the start of each player's upkeep, and Arcanis the Omnipotent is exactly the kind of expensive, high-impact creature that justifies that free deployment — six mana of value showing up for free means you start drawing three cards a turn before opponents can answer it.

03
Gogo, Master of Mimicry

Gogo, Master of Mimicry

57.1% of decks · synergy 0.50

Gogo, Master of Mimicry copies activated abilities, and Arcanis the Omnipotent's tap-to-draw-three is one of the most efficient abilities to replicate — Gogo effectively doubles the card draw output without needing a second copy of the creature.

04
Merieke Ri Berit

Merieke Ri Berit

34.9% of decks · synergy 0.34

Merieke Ri Berit runs a tap-and-untap subtheme, and Arcanis the Omnipotent fits cleanly as a draw engine that rewards every untap effect the deck already wants for its commander.

05
Jhoira of the Ghitu

Jhoira of the Ghitu

31.2% of decks · synergy 0.30

Jhoira of the Ghitu suspends expensive spells to dodge their mana costs, and Arcanis the Omnipotent at six mana is a natural target — suspending it means it lands for free and immediately starts generating three-card draw turns.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Arcanis the Omnipotent actually lives — the singleton format's longer games give it time to generate enough draw advantage to justify six mana, and the abundance of untap enablers and combo shells turns it from a slow engine into a genuine threat. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but functionally absent: six mana for a creature with no immediate board impact is unplayable in formats where games end on turn three or four. Standard legality is technically on the books but irrelevant for the same reasons. Vintage could theoretically support it, but the format's density of broken draw spells makes Arcanis the Omnipotent redundant before it ever untaps.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Mind Over MatterArcanis the Omnipotent

Mind Over MatterArcanis the Omnipotent

Infinite draw triggers; Infinite self-discard triggers; Infinite looting; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite untap of permanents you control; Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce

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Price Context

Current price

$2.32 cheap tier

At $2.32, Arcanis the Omnipotent sits in the sweet spot where its Commander demand is real but its reprints have kept the price accessible. That price is stable — it sees enough play in Mairsil and Braids builds to maintain a floor, but it's not scarce enough to spike.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.