Lorehold Archivist (Extended Art) from Commander: Secrets of Strixhaven (SOC) #97, Magic: The Gathering card

Card text

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.)

Exile target artifact or creature card from your graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it.

White RedRareCreatureExtended Art

Lorehold ArchivistExtended Art

Creature — Dwarf Artificer // Sorcery

Commander: Secrets of Strixhaven (SOC) · 97

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Colour identityWhite Red

Mana cost

{1}{R}{W} // {2}{R}{W}

Power / toughness

3/2

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Card text

First strike

Exile target artifact or creature card from your graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it.

Format legality

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
AlchemyNot legal

About Lorehold Archivist

This page covers the extended art printing of Lorehold Archivist (97), a White and Red Creature — Dwarf Artificer // Sorcery from Commander: Secrets of Strixhaven (SOC). It is printed at Rare rarity. The one keyword in its text is First strike. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Oathbreaker.

We track no other printing of 97 in this set, so there is no base card here to compare its price with.

Commander: Secrets of Strixhaven is a Commander product, released April 2026.

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.) // Exile target artifact or creature card from your graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it.

[First strike]

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