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Artificer Class

Enchantment — Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
The first artifact spell you cast each turn costs {1} less to cast.
{1}{U}: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an artifact card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
{5}{U}: Level 3
At the beginning of your end step, create a token that's a copy of target artifact you control.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$14.41
EDHREC rank
#3996
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Artificer Class card art
Artificer Class does three meaningful things across three turns: it discounts your first artifact each turn, then turns every artifact ETB into a draw trigger, then slaps a static +X/+X buff on your whole board — and the whole package costs two mana to land. Commanders like Urza, Lord High Artificer and Urza, Prince of Kroog treat it as a core engine piece rather than a luxury, because the level-up payoffs compound exactly as fast as an artifact deck can move.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Urza, Prince of Kroog

Urza, Prince of Kroog

21.5% of decks · synergy 0.19

Urza, Prince of Kroog copies every artifact you make, which means Artificer Class's level-two draw trigger fires twice per token created and the level-three anthem scales with a board that doubles in size automatically.

02
Sydri, Galvanic Genius

Sydri, Galvanic Genius

19.0% of decks · synergy 0.18

Artificer Class's cost reduction at level one pairs directly with Sydri, Galvanic Genius's ability to animate artifacts — cheaper artifacts means more activations, and the level-three buff turns those newly-creatured artifacts into legitimate threats.

03
Memnarch

Memnarch

18.4% of decks · synergy 0.16

Memnarch's activated ability is mana-hungry, so the level-one discount on the first artifact each turn quietly subsidizes the steal engine; the level-two draw keeps refilling the hand to hit activation costs.

04
Y'shtola Rhul

Y'shtola Rhul

18.7% of decks · synergy 0.16

Y'shtola Rhul rewards artifact interaction on the stack and board, and Artificer Class's level-two trigger converts the constant artifact churn those decks generate into sustained card advantage.

05
Dr. Eggman

Dr. Eggman

15.9% of decks · synergy 0.15

Dr. Eggman runs artifact tokens as a core resource, and Artificer Class's level-two ETB draw scales directly with token production volume — the more Badniks you make, the more cards you see.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Artificer Class earns its slot — artifact-heavy decks in the format run long games where all three level-up modes eventually come online, and the cost reduction at level one is relevant as early as turn three. In Vintage and Legacy, legal but largely absent: the card is too slow for formats where games end before level two matters, and the artifact synergies those formats want are either faster or more redundant than a three-chapter enchantment. Oathbreaker gives it a small home in artifact-focused pairings where the compressed game length still allows a three-turn setup. Outside those formats, Artificer Class is not legal, and it wouldn't be a priority even if it were.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

If Artificer Class is out of budget, Semblance Anvil handles the cost-reduction role for under a dollar and hits the board immediately, though it requires exiling a card and offers no card draw or anthem. Etherium Sculptor covers the same early-game discount angle at near-zero cost but caps at artifacts and artifact spells only and doesn't scale — you lose the level-two draw engine and the level-three buff entirely, so the trade-off is real and you feel it in longer games.

Price Context

Current price

$14.41 mid tier

At $14.41, Artificer Class sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, not so expensive it warrants a proxy conversation. It's a multi-function enchantment with no direct reprint pressure in sight, so the price is unlikely to crater, but this is a buy-it-when-you-need-it card rather than a spec.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.