Cybernetica Datasmith
Artifact Creature — Human Artificer
Protection from Robots
Field Reprogramming — 
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: Target player draws a card. Another target player creates a 4/4 colorless Robot artifact creature token with "This token can't block."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #16662
Cybernetica Datasmith puts a free +1/+1 counter on a Servo or Construct whenever you activate a Servo or Construct's ability — a passive counter engine that scales hard in any artifact-creature shell. The cost is that it does nothing alone; you need a critical mass of activatable robots before it earns its slot, but pair it with Intruder Alarm and the ceiling gets absurd fast.
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 |
Cybernetica Datasmith is a Commander card through and through — the 100-card singleton format gives you the redundancy and tribal density (Constructs, Servos, artifact synergies) it needs to fire consistently. Legacy and Vintage allow it but competitive staples crowd it out at every mana cost, and no realistic shell there wants a three-mana do-nothing-alone creature. Commander is where the payoff actually materializes.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Cybernetica DatasmithIntruder Alarm
Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite creature tokens for any number of players; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players; Infinite ETB for any number of players; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Cybernetica Datasmith is firmly bulk — you're picking it up for pocket change. That price is stable; it has no crossover appeal outside Commander, so don't expect appreciation, but you're also not risking anything by speccing a playset for future builds.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.