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Magic: The Gathering · Secrets of Strixhaven · Uncommon

Archaic's Agony

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Rules Text

Converge — Archaic's Agony deals X damage to target creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell. Exile cards from the top of your library equal to the excess damage dealt to that creature this way. You may play those cards until the end of your next turn.

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Card Facts

Mana value
5
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#26,799
Keywords
Converge
Rarity

Legality

Alchemy

Legal

Brawl

Legal

Commander

Legal

Competitive Brawl

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Future

Legal

Gladiator

Legal

Historic

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Modern

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Pioneer

Legal

Standard

Legal

Standard Brawl

Legal

Timeless

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Penny Dreadful

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

TLR

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    In some unusual cases, Archaic's Agony may have deathtouch. Even 1 damage dealt to a creature from a source with deathtouch is considered lethal damage, so any amount greater than that will cause excess damage to be dealt, even if the total amount of damage isn't greater than the creature's toughness.

  2. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    The maximum number of colors of mana you can spend to cast a spell is five. Colorless is not a color. Note that the cost of a spell with converge may limit how many colors of mana you can spend.

  3. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    If there are any alternative or additional costs to cast a spell with a converge ability, the colors of mana spent to pay those costs will count.

  4. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    If you cast a spell with converge without spending any mana to cast it (perhaps because an effect allowed you to cast it without paying its mana cost), then the number of colors spent to cast it will be zero.

  5. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    Unless a spell or ability allows you to, you can't choose to pay more mana for a spell with a converge ability just to spend more colors of mana. Likewise, if a spell or ability reduces the amount of mana it costs you to cast a spell with converge, you can't ignore that cost reduction in order to spend more colors of mana.

  6. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    Excess damage has been dealt to a creature if the damage dealt to it is greater than lethal damage. Usually, this means damage greater than its toughness, although damage already marked on the creature is taken into account.

  7. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    If a spell with a converge ability is copied, no mana was spent to cast the copy, so the number of colors of mana spent to cast the spell will be zero. The number of colors spent to cast the original spell is not copied.

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