MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #253

Crackdown Construct

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#253·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Johannes Voss

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #14,617 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Construct

Whenever you activate an ability of an artifact or creature that isn't a mana ability, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

2/2

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 4

2017-02-09wotc

An ability whose cost is simply {0} can be activated as many times as you'd like. Each activation causes Crackdown Construct's ability to trigger.

2017-02-09wotc

Crackdown Construct's ability doesn't trigger if you activate an ability of an artifact or creature card not on the battlefield.

2017-02-09wotc

An activated mana ability is one that could add mana as it resolves, doesn't have a target, and isn't a loyalty ability.

2017-02-09

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — 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 #253 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Construct, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {4} (4 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #14,617 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Johannes Voss. Rarix catalogs 469 other cards credited to this artist.