Camera Launcher
Artifact Creature — Construct
Exhaust — 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #19173
Camera Launcher puts a 1/1 Alien token on the board whenever you sacrifice it, but you're paying two mana and a card for a single 1/1 — a transaction that loses value in almost every context. Run it only if your deck specifically rewards sacrifice outlets or cares about Alien tokens.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Camera Launcher is a fringe card in every format it's legal in. In Commander, the combination of a sacrifice outlet and an Alien token generator is too low-impact to justify a deck slot unless you're building around Doctor Who-adjacent Alien synergies. In competitive formats like Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, a two-mana artifact that requires sacrificing itself to produce a 1/1 simply doesn't meet the efficiency bar. Pauper is the one format where token-generating sacrifice fodder occasionally finds a niche, but Camera Launcher faces stiff competition even there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Camera Launcher is deep bulk — you'll find it in bulk bins or throw-in trades without effort. Don't expect that price to move; there's no competitive demand driving it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.