Afterburner Expert
Creature — Goblin Artificer
Exhaust — 
: Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Whenever you activate an exhaust ability, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Aetherdrift Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20798
Afterburner Expert puts immediate pressure on the board and slots cleanly into the Redshift, Rocketeer Chief engine as a piece that rewards you for doing what the deck already wants to do. The cost is real — you're competing for a slot in a synergy-dense list — but the payoff justifies it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief is the natural home for Afterburner Expert, where the two cards reinforce the same aggressive, momentum-building game plan and Afterburner Expert's effect compounds with the crew and vehicle synergies Redshift demands.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Afterburner Expert earns its slot in decks built around Redshift, Rocketeer Chief, where the density of synergistic pieces makes every redundant effect stronger. Across competitive 60-card formats — Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy — it faces a much higher bar, needing to carry its weight on rate alone rather than commander-driven amplification. Standard is the softest environment to evaluate it in, where the supporting card pool is narrowest and synergy shells are easier to assemble. Outside of a dedicated theme deck, Afterburner Expert is a Commander card first.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.