Brass Secretary
Artifact Creature — Construct
, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Destiny
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #27319
Brass Secretary costs three mana to put a 1/3 on the board, then asks you to pay two more every time you want to draw a card — that activated ability is painfully overcosted by any modern standard. Strictly worse options for artifact-based card draw exist at lower total investment, and Brass Secretary belongs in the binder unless you have a very specific reason to want a redundant artifact body.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Brass Secretary is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in Legacy and Vintage ignores it entirely — those formats have no reason to touch a three-mana 1/3 with an expensive tap ability when Rhystic Study and Mystic Remora exist. In Commander it occasionally surfaces in artifact-tribal shells led by commanders like Urza, Lord High Artificer or Muzzio, Visionary Architect, where the creature type matters more than the rate. Even there, Brass Secretary is a role-player at best, filling out an artifact count rather than pulling its weight as a draw engine.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Brass Secretary is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. The price is stable for the same reason it's low: demand is negligible, and no competitive application is going to move the needle.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.