Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

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Archelos, Lagoon Mystic: Legendary Creature - Turtle Shaman, Dominaria United Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}{G}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Turtle Shaman
Colour identity
Blue, black and green (UBG)
Power / toughness
2/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)
Released
2022-09-09
Collector number
140
Artist
Dan Murayama Scott
Commander rank
8,855 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue, black and green legendary creature from Dominaria United Commander (DMC), a Commander product released in September 2022. It is collector number 140 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {1}{B}{G}{U} (one generic, one blue, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue, black and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander Legends (2020) to Dominaria United Commander (2022). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

As long as Archelos is tapped, other permanents enter tapped.

As long as Archelos is untapped, other permanents enter untapped.

"Life ... is not ... a race."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Archelos, Lagoon Mystic by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #86334Rare2020
Commander Legends (CMR) #268Rare2020
Commander Legends (CMR) #588Rare2020

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Archelos, Lagoon Mystic, newest first.

  • Archelos's abilities don't apply to itself as it enters the battlefield, nor do they apply to any permanents entering the battlefield at the same time.
  • If another replacement effect says that a permanent enters the battlefield tapped while Archelos is untapped, the entering permanent's controller chooses whether the permanent enters tapped or untapped. If a permanent is simply put onto the battlefield tapped without a replacement effect being applied, it always enters untapped if Archelos is untapped.
  • If more than one Archelos is on the battlefield, the controller of an entering permanent chooses how to order the replacement effects.

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