Faerie Mechanist
The List DDU-38 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- DDU-38
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Matt Cavotta
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Faerie Mechanist was first introduced in the 2008 Magic: The Gathering expansion Shards of Alara, representing the Esper shard where living beings were often fused with metallic artifice. The card was designed to highlight the shard's unique aesthetic of etherium-enhanced creatures, mechanical innovation, and the specific synergy between artifact cards and deck manipulation. Its inclusion in 'The List'—a curated collection of reprints appearing in Set Boosters—serves to reintroduce classic or thematic cards to modern players, maintaining the legacy of Alara's distinct world-building.
The artwork was commissioned from Matt Cavotta, a prolific illustrator who served as both an artist and creative director for Wizards of the Coast. Cavotta’s illustration style for this piece captures the blend of whimsical faerie biology and the rigid, industrial complexity of Esper technology. His work on this card is widely appreciated for its intricate detail and the way it visualizes the intersection of nature and machine, helping to cement the visual identity of the artifact-heavy sets that have become a hallmark of the game's long-running design philosophy.
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