Brass Man
Artifact Creature — Construct
This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay 
. If you do, untap this creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #25228
Brass Man enters as a 1/3 for one mana, which sounds like a bargain until you read the upkeep — pay 1U or it doesn't untap, making it effectively a 1/3 that costs three mana per combat on an ongoing basis. That recurring tax makes Brass Man uncompetitive in any context where better artifact creatures exist for the same or lower total investment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Brass Man is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is doing all the work here — it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, a 1/3 that demands 1U every upkeep to stay active is strictly outclassed by the format's deep pool of artifact creatures with no such drawback. Legacy and Vintage have access to the same card pool and far better one-drops; Brass Man has never registered in either. Pauper is the one format where cheap artifacts occasionally matter, but even there the untap cost prices it out of any serious consideration.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Brass Man sits firmly in bulk territory, which accurately reflects its playability. Don't expect that floor to move — there's no competitive demand or casual breakout scenario that would pressure the price upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.