Magic: The Gathering

Grand Architect

Scars of Mirrodin 33 • rare

Set: Scars of Mirrodin
Collector number: 33
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Blue
Artist: Steven Belledin
Market price: $1.03

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Market

What it's worth

$1.03market price via TCGplayer · Aug 25, 2026$0.93 – $1.08 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a rare card from its set, Grand Architect serves as a powerful utility piece that allows players to convert artifacts into mana for casting colorless spells. This card is highly valued by collectors for its ability to anchor strategies centered on complex machinery and metallic synergies.

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Card face

What it does

Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1.

blue mana: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn.

Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add colorless mana colorless mana. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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About

About Grand Architect

Grand Architect is a card in the Magic: The Gathering catalog on collecto.rs. Scars of Mirrodin 33 • rare. Catalog data is sourced from Scryfall. No public cards collectors track this one yet — adding yours would make you the first on collecto.rs.

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