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Vadrik, Astral Archmage

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as Vadrik enters.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is Vadrik's power.
Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, put a +1/+1 counter on Vadrik.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{U}{R}
Color identity
RU
Rarity
rare
Set
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#11147
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Vadrik, Astral Archmage card art
Vadrik, Astral Archmage turns instant and sorcery spells progressively cheaper as +1/+1 counters stack, and a single untap trigger can send that discount deep enough to cast spells for free or near-free. The ceiling is absurd — pair it with Storm-Kiln Artist and you're generating Treasure while chaining spells that cost next to nothing, which is a legitimate engine rather than a cute trick.

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

Commander is the natural home for Vadrik, Astral Archmage — the format's singleton structure and longer games give you time to load up counters and protect a legendary creature, and the payoff of casting multiple spells a turn for free is exactly what spell-slinger blue-red decks want to do. In competitive 60-card formats like Legacy or Modern, a four-mana 1/2 that needs setup time to reduce costs simply can't compete with what those formats offer; faster, unconditional cost reduction exists and doesn't need a combat step to function. Vadrik sees essentially zero play outside Commander, and that's the right call — this is a build-around card that rewards a slow game, not a staple that slots into anything.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Vadrik, Astral Archmage isn't confirmed in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or your preferred marketplace for the current number. Given that it's a commander-focused rare with a dedicated but niche audience, it tends to sit in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up if you're building the deck, but don't expect dramatic price swings either direction.

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