Thopter Foundry
The List C16-237 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- C16-237
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana or black mana blue mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Black · Blue · White
- Artist
- Ralph Horsley
- Market price
- $0.35
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 printed in the 2009 set Shards of Alara, representing the Esper shard, a plane obsessed with the union of magic and artifice. The card was designed to facilitate synergy with cards that create sacrifice outlets, most notably the Sword of the Meek, creating an infinite loop that became a defining engine in the Modern format. Its mechanical identity captures the essence of the Esper plane, where metal and ether are manipulated to sustain the city-state's defenses.
This specific iteration originates from The List, a curated selection of reprints included in Set Boosters starting in 2020. By including the card in this pool, the designers sought to maintain availability for players looking to build combo-oriented decks in eternal formats. The artwork, credited to Donato Giancola, depicts the cold, precise machinery of the Esper metal-mages, favoring a clinical and industrial aesthetic that emphasizes the card's function as a relentless manufacturing hub.
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