Runed Arch
Artifact
This artifact enters tapped.
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, Sacrifice this artifact: X target creatures with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.42
- EDHREC rank
- #29001
Runed Arch enters tapped and costs two mana to draw a card — that's the whole deal, and it's barely worth it. Land slots are precious, and a tapped dual that only replaces itself once is almost always the wrong call.
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 |
In Commander, Runed Arch competes against a deep bench of lands that enter untapped, produce two colors, and don't ask you to spend two mana to draw a single card — it rarely makes the cut outside of decks that have already exhausted better options. Legacy and Vintage have access to the same card and functionally ignore it; the formats move too fast for a tapped land to matter, and cantrip value at that cost is trivial. Oathbreaker is legal but shares Commander's logic: 99-card construction rewards efficiency, and Runed Arch is the opposite of efficient.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.42 bulk tier
At $0.42, Runed Arch sits firmly in bulk territory, which is about what you'd expect for a card that sees almost no competitive play. The price is unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction — low demand and no obvious breakout home keep it pinned at this floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.