Academy Rector
Academy Rector: Creature - Human Cleric, Urza's Destiny. When this creature dies, you may exile it. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Human Cleric
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 1/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Urza's Destiny (UDS)
- Released
- 1999-06-07
- Collector number
- 1
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Commander rank
- 5,480 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Reserved List
- Yes
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About Academy Rector
Academy Rector is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Urza's Destiny (UDS), an expansion set released in June 1999. It is collector number 1 in that set, with art by Heather Hudson. It costs {3}{W} (three generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 1/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 2 sets. It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $71.14 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
When this creature dies, you may exile it. If you do, search your library for an enchantment card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $71.14 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Academy Rector by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Academy Rector
Academy Rector has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| World Championship Decks 2000 (WC00) #nl1 | Rare | 2000 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Academy Rector, newest first.
- An enchantment card is any Enchantment card, including Auras.
- You do not have to find an enchantment card if you do not want to, even if you have one in your library.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Academy Rector.