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Dreadhorde Arcanist 
Creature — Zombie Wizard
Oracle Text
Trample
Whenever this creature attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Dreadhorde Arcanist, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 5 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Pioneer | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Vintage | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
Details
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 539
Non-foil
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Dreadhorde Arcanist
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Emberheart Challenger
- 1 Fugitive Codebreaker
- 1 Slickshot Show-Off
- 1 Gruul Spellbreaker
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
- 1 Ursine Monstrosity
- 1 Death-Greeter's Champion
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Ghor-Clan Rampager
- 1 Fury
- 1 Hexdrinker
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Embereth Veteran
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Monastery Swiftspear
- 1 Soul-Scar Mage
Sorceries (9)
Instants (22)
- 1 Overprotect
- 1 Bulk Up
- 1 Manamorphose
- 1 Invigorate
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Become Immense
- 1 Berserk
- 1 Blossoming Defense
- 1 Defend the Rider
- 1 Embiggen
- 1 Groundswell
- 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
- 1 Might of Old Krosa
- 1 Royal Treatment
- 1 Snakeskin Veil
- 1 Vines of Vastwood
- 1 Mutagenic Growth
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Monstrous Rage
- 1 Play with Fire
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Cragcrown Pathway
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
- 2 Forest
- 1 Forest
- 1 Forest
- 1 Forest
- 1 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mountain
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Rockfall Vale
- 1 Rootbound Crag
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Thornspire Verge
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (4)
Enchantments (4)
(2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Floodpits Drowner
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Enduring Curiosity
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Mockingbird
Sorceries (6)
Instants (25)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Blast
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (4)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 11 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 3 Mountain
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Fury
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Amped Raptor
- 1 Bloodthirsty Adversary
- 1 Cemetery Gatekeeper
- 1 Cunning Coyote
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Earthshaker Khenra
- 1 Feldon, Ronom Excavator
- 1 Fugitive Codebreaker
- 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
- 1 Loyal Apprentice
- 1 Reckless Pyrosurfer
- 1 Robber of the Rich
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Rampaging Ferocidon
- 1 Reckless Stormseeker
- 1 Sunspine Lynx
- 1 Hazoret the Fervent
- 1 Pinnacle Monk
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Goblin Guide
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Monastery Swiftspear
- 1 Ash Zealot
- 1 Eidolon of the Great Revel
- 1 Razorkin Needlehead
- 1 Stigma Lasher
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Barbarian Ring
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Horizon of Progress
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Ramunap Ruins
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 20 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Coruscation Mage
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
- 1 Loyal Apprentice
- 1 Scalding Viper
- 1 Searslicer Goblin
- 1 Slickshot Show-Off
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Azure Beastbinder
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Spiketail Hatchling
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Pinnacle Monk
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Fanatical Firebrand
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Monastery Swiftspear
- 1 Phoenix Chick
- 1 Scorch Spitter
- 1 Razorkin Needlehead
- 1 Cursecatcher
- 1 Faerie Seer
- 1 Mausoleum Wanderer
- 1 Siren Stormtamer
- 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
- 1 Third Path Iconoclast
- 1 Mockingbird
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Ramunap Ruins
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Coruscation Mage
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
- 1 Loyal Apprentice
- 1 Scalding Viper
- 1 Searslicer Goblin
- 1 Slickshot Show-Off
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Azure Beastbinder
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Spiketail Hatchling
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Pinnacle Monk
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Fanatical Firebrand
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Monastery Swiftspear
- 1 Phoenix Chick
- 1 Scorch Spitter
- 1 Razorkin Needlehead
- 1 Cursecatcher
- 1 Faerie Seer
- 1 Mausoleum Wanderer
- 1 Siren Stormtamer
- 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
- 1 Third Path Iconoclast
- 1 Mockingbird
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Ramunap Ruins
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
Sorceries (5)
Instants (33)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Blast
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Play with Fire
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Wild Slash
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 11 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 5 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
