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'''Archer''' is a [[creature type]] and [[class]] | '''Archer''' is a [[creature type]] and [[class]] for cards that depict combatants who specialize in fighting with bow and arrows. | ||
==Description== | |||
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]]. | |||
===History=== | |||
{{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 actually 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]]'' . | |||
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. | |||
==Notable archers== | ==Notable archers== | ||
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* [[Hallar]] | * [[Hallar]] | ||
* [[Ohabi Caleria]] | * [[Ohabi Caleria]] | ||
* [[Order of the D'Avenant]] | |||
* [[Tetsuo Umezawa]] | * [[Tetsuo Umezawa]] | ||
* [[Tor Wauki]] | * [[Tor Wauki]] | ||
Revision as of 05:12, 16 April 2021
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83 cards
as of Commander Legends 19.3%  2.4%  6%  9.6%  47%  1.2%  1.2%  3.6%  3.6%  1.2%  1.2%  2.4%  1.2% |
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Archer is a creature type and class for cards that depict combatants who specialize in fighting with bow and arrows.
Description
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.
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 actually 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
Dominaria
Eldraine
Innistrad
Lorwyn
Skalla
Ulgrotha
