Thopter Foundry
Commander 2013 234 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Collector number
- 234
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana or black mana blue mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Black · Blue · White
- Artist
- Ralph Horsley
- Market price
- $0.33
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 by Greg Staples. The card was created to provide a unique engine for artifact synergy, allowing players to sacrifice artifacts to produce flying tokens, which became a staple for combination-heavy playstyles. Its inclusion in the 2013 Commander deck series allowed the card to reach a broader audience of multiplayer enthusiasts, solidifying its place as a cornerstone in blue-white artifact strategies.
The card’s design reflects the mechanical aesthetic of the Esper shard from the Alara block, focusing on the transformation of physical matter into intricate, mechanical constructs. Greg Staples’ illustration emphasizes this industrious theme, depicting the foundry as a site of constant creation. Upon its release, it was quickly recognized by the competitive community for its resilience and ability to generate incremental advantage, often serving as the focal point for complex board states.
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