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'''Archers''' are combatants who specialize in fighting with bow and arrows. In-game, archers often have the [[reach]] ability or abilities that allow them to deal damage directly to creatures, often those with [[flying]]. Archers are centered in [[white]] and [[green]].
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|type=creature
|stats={{stats|W=16|U=2|B=7|R=12|G=48|WU=1|BR=2|RG=3|GW=7|BG=1|RW=1|GU=1|M=1}}
as of ''[[Murders at Karlov Manor]]''
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'''Archer''' is a [[creature class]] for cards that depict combatants who specialize in fighting with bows and arrows.  


For much of the game's history, "archer" was not a supported creature type, and many preexisting archers were changed to [[Soldiers|soldiers]]. Later, the archer type was reinstated, and some archers that had been changed to soldiers now bear both creature types.
==Description==
In-game, archers often have the [[reach]] ability or abilities that allow them to deal damage directly to creatures, usually those with [[flying]]. Archers are centered in [[white]] and [[green]].


===Archer Organizations===
===History===
* [[Order of the D'Avenant]]
{{card|Elvish Archers||LEA}} from ''[[Alpha]]'' is retroactively the first Archer to see print, but when it was released the type line simply said "Summon Elves". The first card to feature the type was {{card|D'Avenant Archer||LEG}} from ''[[Legends]]''. The other early cards with the type were {{card|Femeref Archers||MIR}} from ''[[Mirage]]'' ("Summon Archers") and {{card|Longbow Archer||VIS}} from ''[[Visions]]'' .


===Notable Archers===
For much of the game's history, "Archer" was not a supported creature type, and preexisting archers (or cards depicting archers) were labeled as [[soldier]]s from ''[[Tempest]]'' going forward. With ''[[Mirrodin]]'' and the [[Grand Creature Type Update]] the archer type was reinstated. Some archers that had been featured as soldiers now bear both creature types.
* [[Brigid Baeli]]
* [[Lady Caleria]]
* [[Rashka the Slayer]]
* [[Tetsuo Umezawa]]
* [[Tor Wauki]]


==See also==
==Notable archers==
*[[Soldier]]
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;[[Bloomburrow (plane)|Bloomburrow]]
*[[Finneas]]


==References==
;[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]
{{Reflist}}
*[[Hallar]]
*[[Ohabi Caleria]]
*[[Order of the D'Avenant]]
*[[Tetsuo Umezawa]]
*[[Tor Wauki]]


==External links==
;[[Eldraine]]
*{{Gatherer subtype|Archer}}
*[[Champions of Archery]]


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[[Category:Kamigawa block]]
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*[[Hansk]]
 
;[[Lorwyn-Shadowmoor]]
*[[Brigid Baeli]]
 
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*[[Vivien Reid]]
 
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*[[Rashka]]
 
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{{Creature types|Classes|Archers}}

Latest revision as of 05:30, 3 July 2024

Archer
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics
102 cards
{W} 15.7% {U} 2% {B} 6.9% {R} 11.8% {G} 47.1% {W/U} 1% {B/R} 2% {R/G} 2.9% {G/W} 6.9% {B/G} 1% {R/W} 1% {G/U} 1% {M} 1%
as of Murders at Karlov Manor
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type:"Archer"

Archer is a creature class for cards that depict combatants who specialize in fighting with bows and arrows.

Description

In-game, archers often have the reach ability or abilities that allow them to deal damage directly to creatures, usually those with flying. Archers are centered in white and green.

History

Elvish Archers from Alpha is retroactively the first Archer to see print, but when it was released the type line simply said "Summon Elves". The first card to feature the type was D'Avenant Archer from Legends. The other early cards with the type were Femeref Archers from Mirage ("Summon Archers") and Longbow Archer from Visions .

For much of the game's history, "Archer" was not a supported creature type, and preexisting archers (or cards depicting archers) were labeled as soldiers from Tempest going forward. With Mirrodin and the Grand Creature Type Update the archer type was reinstated. Some archers that had been featured as soldiers now bear both creature types.

Notable archers