Thopter Foundry
Double Masters 222 • uncommon
- Set
- Double Masters
- Collector number
- 222
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana or black mana blue mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Black · Blue · White
- Artist
- Ralph Horsley
- Market price
- $0.32
What it does
1 generic mana, Sacrifice a nontoken artifact: Create a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying. You gain 1 life.
"Etherium is limited. Innovation is not."— Tezzeret
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thopter Foundry was originally released in the 2009 set Alara Reborn, designed to showcase the Esper shard's focus on artifacts. The card was conceived as a synergy-heavy engine, allowing players to sacrifice artifacts to create flying creature tokens, which quickly became a foundational piece of the infamous 'Thopter-Depths' and 'Sword of the Meek' combo strategies. Its inclusion in Double Masters represents the card's enduring relevance in eternal formats like Modern and Legacy, where its ability to generate incremental value and life gain remains highly regarded by competitive players.
The artwork for this specific printing was created by Ralph Horsley, a veteran illustrator known for his distinct, painterly approach to fantasy tropes. For this piece, Horsley leans into the aesthetic of a mechanical forge, emphasizing the intricate and industrious nature of the Esper machine-culture. The composition was designed to clearly communicate the card's function, grounding the abstract act of sacrifice in the physical process of construction and assembly that defines the card's mechanical identity.
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