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Experimental Aviator

Creature — Human Artificer

Flying
When this creature enters, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Kaladesh
Price
$0.08
EDHREC rank
#19764
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Experimental Aviator card art
Experimental Aviator enters and immediately puts two flying thopter tokens on the battlefield — four power and toughness spread across three bodies for four mana. That rate is marginal in most shells, but in Urza, Lord High Artificer it converts directly into mana the turn it lands, making the redundancy matter.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Experimental Aviator sees essentially zero play in competitive formats — Modern and Legacy have far more efficient ways to generate artifact tokens or flying bodies at this cost. In Commander it finds its niche specifically in artifact-token strategies, where the combination of an artifact creature body and two thopter tokens on a single card feeds sacrifice outlets, anthem effects, and commanders like Urza or Breya without spending extra resources. Outside of those focused shells, a four-mana 1/1 that makes two 1/1s is below rate for even casual pods.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.08 bulk tier

At $0.08, Experimental Aviator is deep bulk — you'll find it in any common box or throw-in trade. Demand is narrow enough that the price has nowhere meaningful to go, so pick it up for pennies if the deck calls for it and don't think twice about the cost.

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