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A love letter to the humble thopter
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Commander

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Sai, Master Thopterist

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. {1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.

Creature
Sai, Master Thopterist (brc) 93

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Artifacts

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Altar Golem

Trample Altar Golem's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield. This creature doesn't untap during your untap step. Tap five untapped creatures you control: Untap this creature.

Creature Artifact
Altar Golem (eve) 166
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (brr) 4
Filigree Attendant

Flying Filigree Attendant's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.

Creature Artifact
Filigree Attendant (brc) 85
Frogmite

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

Creature Artifact
Frogmite (mrd) 172
Kappa Cannoneer

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Ward {4} Whenever this creature or another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and it can't be blocked this turn.

Creature Artifact
Kappa Cannoneer (mh3) 401
Karn, Legacy Reforged

Karn's power and toughness are each equal to the greatest mana value among artifacts you control. At the beginning of your upkeep, add {C} for each artifact you control. This mana can't be spent to cast nonartifact spells. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature Artifact
Karn, Legacy Reforged (mat) 99
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

Flash Flying You may cast colorless spells and artifact spells as though they had flash. Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator.

Creature Artifact
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter (bro) 237
Manifold Key

{1}, {T}: Untap another target artifact. {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Manifold Key (tsr) 398
Master of Etherium

Master of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control. Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.

Creature Artifact
Master of Etherium (brc) 86
Myr Enforcer

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

Creature Artifact
Myr Enforcer (mrd) 211
Myr Retriever

When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Myr Retriever (mrd) 215
Sculpting Steel

You may have this artifact enter as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield.

Artifact
Sculpting Steel (2xm) 286
Sharding Sphinx

Flying Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may create a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Creature Artifact
Sharding Sphinx (brc) 94
Simulacrum Synthesizer

When this artifact enters, scry 2. Whenever another artifact you control with mana value 3 or greater enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."

Artifact
Simulacrum Synthesizer (big) 71
Sojourner's Companion

Affinity for artifacts Artifact landcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an artifact land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature Artifact
Sojourner's Companion (mh2) 235
Soul-Guide Lantern

When this artifact enters, exile target card from a graveyard. {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile each opponent's graveyard. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Soul-Guide Lantern (brr) 54
Spire Golem

Affinity for Islands (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Island you control.) Flying

Creature Artifact
Spire Golem (jvc) 16
Steel Hellkite

Flying {2}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {X}: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by this creature this turn. Activate only once each turn.

Creature Artifact
Steel Hellkite (brc) 163
Stridehangar Automaton

Thopters you control get +1/+1. If one or more artifact tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus an additional 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying are created instead.

Creature Artifact
Stridehangar Automaton (drc) 19
Throne of the God-Pharaoh

At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses life equal to the number of tapped creatures you control.

Artifact
Throne of the God-Pharaoh (akh) 237
Workshop Assistant

When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Workshop Assistant (kld) 241

Artifacts

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Draw

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Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (brc) 80
Canoptek Spyder

Flying Fabricator Claw Array — Whenever another nontoken artifact creature or Vehicle you control enters, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Canoptek Spyder (40k) 151
Idol of Oblivion

{T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you created a token this turn. {8}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.

Artifact
Idol of Oblivion (brc) 144
Meeting of Minds

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Draw two cards.

Instant
Meeting of Minds (mom) 66
Of One Mind

This spell costs {2} less to cast if you control a Human creature and a non-Human creature. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Of One Mind (iko) 60
Reality Heist

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal up to two artifact cards from among them and put them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Instant
Reality Heist (neo) 75
Research Thief

Flash Flying Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Research Thief (nec) 16
Scrawling Crawler

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Scrawling Crawler (fdn) 132
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (brc) 159
Slate of Ancestry

{4}, {T}, Discard your hand: Draw a card for each creature you control.

Artifact
Slate of Ancestry (ons) 310
The Reality Chip

You may look at the top card of your library any time. As long as The Reality Chip is attached to a creature, you may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. Reconfigure {2}{U} ({2}{U}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
The Reality Chip (neo) 74
Thought Monitor

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Flying When this creature enters, draw two cards.

Creature Artifact
Thought Monitor (brc) 98
Thoughtcast

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Thoughtcast (brc) 99
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (p30a) 6

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Land

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Archway of Innovation

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn has improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast that spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Land
Archway of Innovation (mh3) 214
Ghost Quarter

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Ghost Quarter (ltc) 314
Inventors' Fair

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Land
Inventors' Fair (kld) 247
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (one) 263
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 425
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Sanctum of Ugin

{T}: Add {C}. Whenever you cast a colorless spell with mana value 7 or greater, you may sacrifice this land. If you do, search your library for a colorless creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Land
Sanctum of Ugin (bfz) 242
Seat of the Synod

{T}: Add {U}.

Artifact Land
Seat of the Synod (j22) 820
Three Tree City

As Three Tree City enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to the number of creatures you control of the chosen type.

Land
Three Tree City (blb) 260
Tomb of the Spirit Dragon

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: You gain 1 life for each colorless creature you control.

Land
Tomb of the Spirit Dragon (cmm) 1048
Ugin's Labyrinth

Imprint — When this land enters, you may exile a colorless card with mana value 7 or greater from your hand. {T}: Add {C}. If a card is exiled with this land, add {C}{C} instead. {T}: Return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

Land
Ugin's Labyrinth (mh3) 233
Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}." II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'" III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment
Urza's Saga (mh2) 259

Land

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Other

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Banner of Kinship

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. This artifact enters with a fellowship counter on it for each creature you control of the chosen type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1 for each fellowship counter on this artifact.

Artifact
Banner of Kinship (fdn) 127
Broodstar

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Flying Broodstar's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.

Creature
Broodstar (mrd) 31
Urza, Lord High Artificer

When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control." Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}. {5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Urza, Lord High Artificer (dmr) 296

Other

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Protection

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (woc) 84
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 281
Eldrazi Monument

Creatures you control get +1/+1 and have flying and indestructible. At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. If you can't, sacrifice this artifact.

Artifact
Eldrazi Monument (zen) 199
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (otc) 260
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (brc) 166
Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Whispersilk Cloak (dst) 160

Protection

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Ramp

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Chief Engineer

Artifact spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting an artifact spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)

Creature
Chief Engineer (pm15) 47
Etherium Sculptor

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Artifact
Etherium Sculptor (brc) 82
Foundry Inspector

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Artifact
Foundry Inspector (brr) 16
Midnight Clock

{T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}: Put an hour counter on this artifact. At the beginning of each upkeep, put an hour counter on this artifact. When the twelfth hour counter is put on this artifact, shuffle your hand and graveyard into your library, then draw seven cards. Exile this artifact.

Artifact
Midnight Clock (otc) 100
Mox Amber

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

Artifact
Mox Amber (brr) 35
Ornithopter of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter of Paradise (mh2) 430
Silver Myr

{T}: Add {U}.

Creature Artifact
Silver Myr (som) 202
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (brc) 160
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (tsr) 400
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (brc) 167

Ramp

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Removal

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Cityscape Leveler

Trample When you cast this spell and whenever this creature attacks, destroy up to one target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a tapped Powerstone token. Unearth {8}

Creature Artifact
Cityscape Leveler (bro) 233
Desynchronization

Return each nonland permanent that's not historic to its owner's hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Instant
Desynchronization (acr) 16
Machine Over Matter

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control an artifact creature. Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Instant
Machine Over Matter (bro) 57
Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Instant
Pongify (otc) 106
Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant
Rapid Hybridization (gtc) 44
Sink into Stupor

Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Ugin's Binding

Devoid (This card has no color.) Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Whenever you cast a colorless spell with mana value 7 or greater, you may exile this card from your graveyard. When you do, return each nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

Instant
Ugin's Binding (mh3) 76

Removal

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Secret Commander

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Mycosynth Golem

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Artifact creature spells you cast have affinity for artifacts. (They cost {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

Creature Artifact
Mycosynth Golem (sld) 1433★

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Academy Ruins

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}, {T}: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Academy Ruins (plst) 2XM-309
Cryptothrall

Protector — Other artifact creatures you control have hexproof.

Creature Artifact
Cryptothrall (40k) 155★
Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play historic lands and cast historic spells from the top of your library. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass (acr) 188
Cyberdrive Awakener

Flying Other artifact creatures you control have flying. When this creature enters, until end of turn, each noncreature artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/4.

Creature Artifact
Cyberdrive Awakener (nec) 12
Darksteel Juggernaut

Indestructible Darksteel Juggernaut's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control. This creature attacks each combat if able.

Creature Artifact
Darksteel Juggernaut (brc) 137
Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) When Emry enters, mill four cards. {T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Creature
Emry, Lurker of the Loch (brc) 81
Energy Tap

Tap target untapped creature you control. If you do, add an amount of {C} equal to that creature's mana value.

Sorcery
Energy Tap (4ed) 69
Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut

Juggernauts you control attack each combat if able. Juggernauts you control can't be blocked by Walls. Other creatures you control have base power and toughness 5/3 and are Juggernauts in addition to their other creature types.

Creature Artifact
Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut (one) 334
Guidelight Optimizer

{T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability.

Creature Artifact
Guidelight Optimizer (dft) 45
Jhoira's Familiar

Flying Historic spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature Artifact
Jhoira's Familiar (dom) 220
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (blc) 280
Ornithopter

Flying

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter (dmr) 233
Reconstruction

Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Reconstruction (3ed) 77
Repurposing Bay

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice another artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Repurposing Bay (dft) 56
Shambling Suit

Shambling Suit's power is equal to the number of artifacts and/or enchantments you control.

Creature Artifact
Shambling Suit (eld) 230
Shared Discovery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap four untapped creatures you control. Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Shared Discovery (roe) 87
Shimmer Myr

Flash You may cast artifact spells as though they had flash.

Creature Artifact
Shimmer Myr (mbs) 129
Step Through

Return two target creatures to their owners' hands. Wizardcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Sorcery
Step Through (mh2) 392
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog

Trample Traxos enters tapped and doesn't untap during your untap step. Whenever you cast a historic spell, untap Traxos. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature Artifact
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog (brc) 170
Treasure Mage

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 6 or greater, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Treasure Mage (mbs) 34
Trophy Mage

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 3, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Trophy Mage (ddu) 42
Vedalken Archmage

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, draw a card.

Creature
Vedalken Archmage (mrd) 55
Whir of Invention

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Whir of Invention (aer) 49

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