Foundry Inspector
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts 79 • uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Collector number
- 79
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jason A. Engle
- Market price
- $0.68
What it does
Artifact spells you cast cost 1 generic mana less to cast.
"Delicate resonance detectors could scan the assembly lines for metallic impurities, loose bolts, and freak occurrences of sentience."— Tawnos, proposal for overseer prototype
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Foundry Inspector was originally introduced in the Kaladesh set in 2016, designed as a staple utility creature for artifact-centric decks. Its mechanical purpose is to lower the casting cost of artifacts, acting as an engine piece for combo players. The card quickly became a fixture in Eternal formats like Commander and Legacy, where reducing the mana cost of generic artifacts is a powerful advantage.
The version from The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts set features a stylized, nostalgic aesthetic reminiscent of the game's earliest years. This frame treatment was created to honor the history of Magic: The Gathering, specifically targeting the retro-modern interface that resonates with long-time players. The art, maintaining the mechanical focus of the original, reflects a practical, industrial construct suited for the set's thematic exploration of technological conflict.
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