MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #609

Inspiring Statuary

cmm·#609·rare·etched_foil

Illus. Kirsten Zirngibl

View concept →

—

in vault

—

for trade

—

wishlisted

Aug '23

3 yr ago

Value

$5.56+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.72 · low $4.30

NM$4.56

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.21–$4.81modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $4.56low $0.08range 5600.0%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

Search links · prices vary by venue

Buy this card

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #941 · Common include

Variants

Etched Foil$4.56

Gameplay

Artifact

Nonartifact spells you cast have improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast those spells. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Ghirapur's most celebrated inventors have been immortalized in clockwork.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2017-02-09wotc

If you cast a nonartifact spell that requires you to sacrifice a permanent as an additional cost, you may tap that permanent (if it's an artifact) for the spell's improvise ability before you sacrifice it to pay that cost.

2017-02-09wotc

Multiple instances of improvise are redundant.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $4.56. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.08 and $4.56 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from CMM — the lineup includes Etched Foil 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 #609 of *Commander Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2023 Commander Masters release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #941 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Kirsten Zirngibl. Rarix catalogs 52 other cards credited to this artist.