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◇ Catalog #81p

Surge Engine

pbro·#81p·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Daarken

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Nov '22

3 yr ago

Value

$1.97+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.00 · low $0.91

NM$0.97

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.90–$1.02modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.75low $0.97range 80.4%n 51

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,604 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.88

Nonfoil$0.97

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Construct

Defender {U}: This creature loses defender and gains "This creature can't be blocked." {2}{U}: This creature becomes blue and has base power and toughness 5/4. Activate only if this creature doesn't have defender. {4}{U}{U}: Draw three cards. Activate only if this creature is blue and only once.

3/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2022-10-14wotc

If a Surge Engine whose last ability has been activated leaves the battlefield and comes back, it's a new object on the battlefield and its last ability can be activated again (once it's blue, of course).

2022-10-14wotc

Surge Engine's last ability can be activated only once per game, not once per turn.

2022-10-14wotc

If Surge Engine loses defender in some way other than its first ability, its second ability may still be activated. Likewise, if it becomes blue in some way other than its second ability, its last ability may still be activated. Note that an effect that allows a creature to "attack as though it didn't have defender" doesn't actually cause it to lose defender.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.97. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.97 and $1.75 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PBRO — 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 #81p of *The Brothers' War Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the November 2022 The Brothers' War release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Construct, color identity blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Defender.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #15,604 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Daarken. Rarix catalogs 1,287 other cards credited to this artist.