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◇ Catalog #30

Bastion Inventor

aer·#30·common·foil

Illus. Tony Foti

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wishlisted

Jan '17

9 yr ago

Value

$0.18+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.19 · low $0.17

NM$0.18

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.17–$0.19modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.18low $0.03range 500.0%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,781 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.18

Nonfoil$0.05

Gameplay

Creature — Vedalken Artificer

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"This armor transcends the limitations of mere flesh and bone."

4/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 8

2017-02-09wotc

Improvise can’t be used to pay for anything other than the cost of casting the spell. For example, it can’t be used during the resolution of an ability that says “Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.”

2017-02-09wotc

Equipment attached to a creature doesn’t become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn’t cause the creature to become tapped.

2017-02-09wotc

When calculating a spell’s total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.18. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.18 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from AER — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #30 of *Aether Revolt*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2017 Aether Revolt release.

Card type: Creature — Vedalken Artificer, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {5}{U} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Improvise and Hexproof.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,781 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Tony Foti. Rarix catalogs 93 other cards credited to this artist.