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Atzocan Archer

Creature — Human Archer

Reach
When this creature enters, you may have it fight another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Ixalan
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#20658
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Atzocan Archer card art
Atzocan Archer enters the battlefield and immediately kills a creature with flying — unconditional reach damage on a 3/4 body for four mana is real board impact, not a consolation effect. The cost is the type line: outside of Dinosaur synergy shells or reach-matters commanders like Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant, Atzocan Archer is a fair card in a format that punishes fair cards.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant

Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant

33.2% of decks · synergy 0.33

Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant draws a card whenever a creature with reach deals combat damage to a player, so Atzocan Archer pulls double duty — it removes a flier on entry and then threatens a free card every time it connects.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Atzocan Archer is a Commander-only card in practice. In Modern and Legacy, a four-mana 3/4 that pings a flier once doesn't come close to the power threshold, and Pauper's exclusion removes the one format where its rate might be forgivable. In Commander, it earns a slot specifically in Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant decks or Dinosaur tribal builds where the creature type does structural work — outside those contexts, cheaper and more repeatable reach enablers exist. Oathbreaker is legal but the same logic applies: the effect isn't worth the mana investment unless the commander is actively rewarding reach creatures.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Atzocan Archer is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order. That price is stable by default; there's no spike risk and no reason to expect growth unless a future commander pushes Dinosaur tribal or reach-matters into the mainstream.

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