Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic
Creature — Dwarf Artificer // Sorcery
First strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are three or more artifact and/or creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #15822
Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic puts a 3/3 body on the board that mills three and reanimates an artifact or creature from any graveyard when it enters — real value stapled to a single card. The cost is a five-mana investment for an effect that doesn't protect itself, so it lives or dies by whether your deck can exploit what it mills.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser triggers off spells cast from graveyards, and Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic both mills cards into position and reanimates them — that's two distinct triggers waiting to fire off a single ETB, which is exactly the engine Quintorius wants to run.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic earns its slot — 100-card graveyard ecosystems give it targets to mill into and retrieve, and the ability to hit any opponent's graveyard turns every board state into an opportunity. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but have no interest in a five-mana value creature when faster, cheaper graveyard tools exist. Outside Commander and Oathbreaker, this card simply doesn't have a home worth discussing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire and unlikely to appreciate unless a new commander breaks the mill-reanimate ETB pattern wide open. Pick it up now if it fits your build; there's no financial reason to wait.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.