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Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer

Legendary Creature — Goblin Artificer

Daretti's power is equal to the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
Whenever Daretti enters or attacks, choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, return the chosen card to the battlefield.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Aetherdrift
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#8732
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Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer card art
Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer enters the battlefield and immediately starts churning out tokens or artifacts, turning token-producing permanents like Genesis Chamber into a repeating value engine that pressures the board from turn one. The cost is real — at three mana you're competing with staples that do more at the same slot — but for artifact and token strategies, Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer earns its place in a way that even Daretti, Scrap Savant doesn't fully replicate.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Daretti, Scrap Savant

Daretti, Scrap Savant

25.9% of decks · synergy 0.25

Daretti, Scrap Savant decks are already deep in artifact synergies, and Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer plugs directly into that engine by generating artifact tokens that feed sacrifice outlets, recursion loops, and the Scrap Savant's own minus ability.

02
Balthier and Fran

Balthier and Fran

24.1% of decks · synergy 0.24

Balthier and Fran reward you for deploying cheap artifacts and triggering enter-the-battlefield effects, and Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer delivers both — a steady stream of tokens that turn every subsequent artifact play into a synergy payoff.

03
Kolodin, Triumph Caster

Kolodin, Triumph Caster

22.1% of decks · synergy 0.21

Kolodin, Triumph Caster scales on artifact and token density, so Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer serves as both a consistent token factory and a target that earns value the moment it resolves, compounding Kolodin's triggers with minimal extra investment.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer slots cleanly into artifact and token strategies, where three-mana permanents that generate ongoing value are exactly what midrange red decks want. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer are less hospitable — the three-mana slot is crowded and the token output rarely matches the speed those formats demand. Legacy and Vintage have access to broken artifact synergies where it could theoretically appear, but it won't crack those format's staple lists. Standard and Oathbreaker are the other realistic homes, with Oathbreaker in particular rewarding the kind of persistent, low-cost planeswalker value that Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer provides.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer is bulk — pick it up without hesitation if it fits your build. Bulk rares with genuine synergy payoffs in popular archetypes tend to stay cheap, so don't expect this to spike, but also don't expect to need to spend more than pocket change to get a copy.

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