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Etherium Spinner

Artifact Creature — Human Wizard

Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 4 or greater, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Modern Horizons 2
Price
$0.20
EDHREC rank
#13557
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Etherium Spinner card art
Etherium Spinner puts a 1/1 flying Thopter token on the board every time you cast an artifact spell — free, no activation required, just play your game. The cost is five mana for a 3/3, which is steep, but in artifact-dense shells the token rate compounds fast enough to justify it, especially alongside bounce loops like Ancestral Statue.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Etherium Spinner earns its keep — artifact commanders generate enough spell volume to turn it into a reliable token engine over a long game. In Pauper it's legal but competes in a format where five mana for a non-immediate-impact body is a high bar, and dedicated artifact synergy decks there have tighter options. Legacy and Vintage have the artifact density to abuse it but also have faster, more broken things happening at every mana cost, so Etherium Spinner rarely makes the cut. Play it in Commander; ignore it everywhere else.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.20 bulk tier

At $0.20, Etherium Spinner is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not any market demand. That price is stable because casual Commander interest puts a soft floor on artifact synergy pieces, but don't expect movement; it's a pick-it-up-in-a-trade card, not a spec.

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