Archon of Valor's Reach

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Archon of Valor's Reach: Creature - Archon, Commander 2020. Flying, vigilance, trample. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{G}{W}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Archon
Colour identity
White and green (WG)
Power / toughness
5/6
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
202
Artist
Gabor Szikszai
Commander rank
10,421 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Trample, Vigilance

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About Archon of Valor's Reach

Archon of Valor's Reach is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and green creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 202 in that set, with art by Gabor Szikszai. It costs {4}{G}{W} (four generic, one white and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/6 creature. Its colour identity is white and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Battlebond (2018) to Commander 2020 (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying, vigilance, trample

As this creature enters, choose artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, or planeswalker.

Players can't cast spells of the chosen type.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.37 (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 Archon of Valor's Reach by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Archon of Valor's Reach

Archon of Valor's Reach has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Battlebond (BBD) #74Rare2018

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Archon of Valor's Reach, newest first.

  • The enters-the-battlefield effect of Archon of Valor’s Reach is a replacement effect that doesn’t use the stack. No player can cast spells or activate abilities after it has entered the battlefield but before you choose a card type.
  • Whether it’s legal to cast a spell is determined before its costs are paid. This means that if Archon of Valor’s Reach has sorcery as the chosen type, you can’t cast Morbid Curiosity, even if you wish to sacrifice Archon of Valor’s Reach to do so.

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