Cranial Archive
Cranial Archive: Artifact, Khans of Tarkir. 2, Exile this artifact: Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. Draw a card. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir (KTK)
- Released
- 2014-09-26
- Collector number
- 218
- Artist
- Volkan Baǵa
- Commander rank
- 14,252 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Cranial Archive
Cranial Archive is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Khans of Tarkir (KTK), an expansion set released in September 2014. It is collector number 218 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Khans of Tarkir is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
{2}, Exile this artifact: Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. Draw a card.
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Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (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 Cranial Archive by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Cranial Archive
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Khans of Tarkir (KTK) #218y | Uncommon | 2023 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Cranial Archive.
- If the player’s graveyard is empty, the player will shuffle their library, then you’ll draw a card.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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