Fabricate
Sorcery
Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Special Guests
- Price
- $9.68
- EDHREC rank
- #486
Fabricate is a three-mana unconditional artifact tutor that puts any artifact directly into your hand — no hoops, no restrictions. In artifact-heavy Commander builds like Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom, where finding a Frenetic Efreet or coin-flip enabler on demand wins the game, that consistency is worth every cent of the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom runs Fabricate in 63% of lists because the deck lives and dies by finding specific coin-flip artifacts — Frenetic Efreet, Krark's Thumb — and Fabricate is the cleanest way to fetch whichever one is missing.
Urza, Lord Protector
Urza, Lord Protector wants to assemble the Meld with Mishra, Claimed by Gix, and Fabricate finds The Mightstone and Weakstone on demand to make that happen.
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Urza, Lord High Artificer treats every artifact as a mana source, so Fabricate pulling a Rings of Brighthearth or Basalt Monolith effectively tutors for the combo piece that closes the game.
Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower rewards stacking artifacts onto a single creature, and Fabricate finds the exact equipment or utility artifact needed to push that creature over the top.
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy leans on artifact mana rocks to accelerate into absurd activations, and Fabricate fetches the missing piece — Basalt Monolith, Grim Monolith — to hit that critical mana threshold a turn early.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Fabricate earns its keep — artifact commanders are among the most popular in the format, and a three-mana tutor-to-hand with zero restrictions is a clean, reliable include in any of them. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but largely irrelevant; those formats have faster, cheaper options like Tinker that dwarf what Fabricate offers. Modern is the interesting case: artifact synergy decks exist and Fabricate is legal, but the format's tempo demands usually push players toward more efficient digging rather than a dedicated three-mana tutor. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic — artifact-focused signatures love it for the same reasons.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Whir of Invention hits the battlefield directly rather than your hand, which is often better, but requires a heavy blue-pip investment to cast efficiently — it's a lateral move, not strictly cheaper. Tribute to the World Tree and Inventors' Fair are slower, conditional alternatives; Inventors' Fair in particular costs almost nothing and tutors at sorcery speed for three life, which gets the job done in non-competitive pods where Fabricate feels like overkill.
Price Context
Current price
$9.68 mid tier
At $9.68, Fabricate sits in the mid tier — meaningful but not budget-breaking for what is essentially a staple in any artifact-focused Commander list. The price reflects genuine demand rather than scarcity, so it's unlikely to drop significantly as long as artifact commanders remain popular.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
- Urza, Lord Protector
- Urza, Lord High Artificer
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.