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Clan Crafter

Legendary Enchantment — Background

Commander creatures you own have "{2}, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card."

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$1.88
EDHREC rank
#10920
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Clan Crafter card art
Clan Crafter turns artifact tokens into card advantage the moment it enters — sacrifice one, draw one, and it keeps scaling as long as you keep feeding it. The cost is real: you need a steady stream of disposable artifacts, or it's just a 1/1 that drew you a card once. Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra decks are the natural home, but any shell generating Treasure or Clue tokens makes Clan Crafter pull serious weight.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Jenny FlintMadame Vastra

Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra

48.8% of decks · synergy 0.48

Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra generates Clue tokens on demand, and Clan Crafter converts those Clues directly into cards — no {2} activation needed, just sacrifice and draw. That loop makes Clan Crafter a core piece of the engine rather than a fringe include, which explains why nearly half of all Jenny Flint decks run it.

02
Ashnod the Uncaring

Ashnod the Uncaring

18.1% of decks · synergy 0.18

Ashnod the Uncaring's ability to copy triggered abilities means every Clan Crafter sacrifice trigger can fire twice, doubling the card draw for free. The combination rewards artifact-token production hard, and Clan Crafter becomes one of the most efficient draw engines in those shells.

03
The Goose Mother

The Goose Mother

10.8% of decks · synergy 0.10

The Goose Mother floods the board with Food tokens, giving Clan Crafter a constant stream of sacrifice fodder throughout the game. Clan Crafter turns those otherwise-static Foods into live draws, making it a clean two-card synergy that slots naturally into the midrange value plan.

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 Clan Crafter lives — artifact-token strategies are common enough that it finds a home in multiple archetypes, and the singleton format means it never gets stranded as a dead card when the token supply runs thin. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition from faster, more impactful one-drops is brutal; Clan Crafter's conditional draw doesn't match the raw power those formats demand, so it effectively sees no play there despite being legal. Oathbreaker could work in artifact-heavy builds, but the smaller deck size and higher card-selection density mean cleaner options usually outcompete it.

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Price Context

Current price

$1.88 cheap tier

At $1.88, Clan Crafter sits in the cheap tier — low enough that it's an easy inclusion decision for any deck that can use it. Given its niche but genuine role in Clue, Treasure, and Food strategies, that price reflects fair value and is unlikely to move dramatically without a reprint or a breakout new commander.

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