Reverse Engineer
Commander Masters 116 • common
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Collector number
- 116
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Chase Stone
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for 1 generic mana.)
Draw three cards.
The Hold, an illegal research facility in a derelict merchant ship, became a wellspring of renegade intelligence.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Reverse Engineer was first printed as part of the Aether Revolt set in 2017, representing a mechanic tied to the Improvise keyword. This ability allows players to tap artifacts they control to reduce the mana cost of a spell, reflecting the resourcefulness of the inventors in the story of Kaladesh. The card was designed to support artifact-heavy archetypes in Limited and Constructed formats, providing a means of card advantage for blue-aligned decks.
The version appearing in Commander Masters, assigned collector number 116, serves as a reprint within a set specifically curated for the Commander format. The artwork depicts an artificer dismantling a mechanical construct, a visual theme consistent with the 'Invention' aesthetic of the Kaladesh block. The illustration remains a staple of the set's reprint philosophy, aiming to provide players with accessible versions of functional utility cards.
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