Reverse Engineer
Commander 2018 99 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Collector number
- 99
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Chase Stone
- Market price
- $0.20
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 released in 2018 as part of the Commander 2018 set, a series of preconstructed decks designed specifically for the multiplayer Magic: The Gathering format. This card appeared in the 'Exquisite Invention' deck, which focused on the blue-red artifact synergy archetype. It was created to provide players with a thematic way to draw cards by leveraging the artifact-heavy nature of the deck, offering a cost-reduction mechanic that rewards players for building a board presence of mechanical permanents.
The card features artwork by Johannes Voss, whose contributions to the game are characterized by a refined, painterly aesthetic. Voss designed the illustration to capture the essence of an artificer carefully dismantling a device to understand its function. The card was well-received by the Commander community for its utility in artifact-centric strategies, functioning as a staple draw engine that scales effectively alongside the player's ability to deploy low-cost artifacts to the battlefield.
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