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◇ Catalog #185

Maverick Thopterist

c18·#185·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Zack Stella

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Aug '18

8 yr ago

Value

$0.25+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.26 · low $0.24

NM$0.25

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.23–$0.26modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.29low $0.16range 81.3%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #18,135 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.25

Gameplay

Creature — Human Artificer

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) When this creature enters, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.

2/2

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 8

2018-07-13wotc

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.

2018-07-13wotc

When using improvise to cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, first choose the value for X. That choice, plus any cost increases or decreases, will determine the spell's total cost. Then you can tap artifacts you control to help pay that cost. For example, if you cast Saheeli's Directive and choose X to be 3, the total cost is {3}{R}{R}{R}. If you tap two artifacts, you'll have to pay {1}{R}{R}{R}.

2018-07-13wotc

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 $0.25. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.16 and $0.29 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from C18 — the lineup includes 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 #185 of *Commander 2018*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2018 Commander 2018 release.

Card type: Creature — Human Artificer, color identity red/blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{U}{R} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Improvise.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #18,135 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Zack Stella. Rarix catalogs 450 other cards credited to this artist.