MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #2286

Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

sld·#2286·rare·borderless

Illus. Ryan Roadkill

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Oct '25

10 mo ago

Value

$7.23+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $7.48 · low $6.82

NM$7.23

LP—

MP—

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$6.68–$7.63modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $8.91low $7.06range 26.2%n 48

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,253 · Common include

Variants

Borderless$7.23

Gameplay

Legendary Artifact Creature — Thopter

Flash Flying You may cast colorless spells and artifact spells as though they had flash. Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator.

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Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2022-10-14wotc

The third ability applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery."

2022-10-14wotc

The last ability cares only about the amount of mana that was actually spent to cast the spell, regardless of its mana cost.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $7.23. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $7.06 and $8.91 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #2286 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2025 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Legendary Artifact Creature — Thopter, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Flash.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,253 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Ryan Roadkill. Rarix catalogs 14 other cards credited to this artist.