Filigree Vector
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of any number of target creatures and a charge counter on each of any number of target artifacts.
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, Sacrifice another artifact: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander
- Price
- $13.51
- EDHREC rank
- #4648
Filigree Vector enters with a +1/+1 counter, proliferates on attack, and can redistribute counters to itself or a target artifact creature — all on a two-mana body that scales every turn it's alive. In Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos decks especially, that free proliferate trigger is the whole reason it earns a slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos runs on Phyrexian poison and oil counters, and Filigree Vector's automatic proliferate on attack advances both axes simultaneously without spending any additional resources.
Elesh Norn
Elesh Norn's Praetors' Council chapter triggers care about proliferating multiple counter types, and Filigree Vector slots in as a cheap, repeatable proliferate source that also grows itself out of range of small removal.
Kros, Defense Contractor
Kros, Defense Contractor hands out +1/+1 counters to opponents' creatures as a political tool, and Filigree Vector's proliferate on attack means those gifts — and your own counters — compound every combat step.
Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp cares about modular and +1/+1 counters on artifacts, and Filigree Vector's ability to move a counter onto itself keeps the modular chain alive while also triggering Zabaz's own proliferate-adjacent effects.
Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
Inspirit, Flagship Vessel accumulates crew counters and benefits from anything that proliferates, making Filigree Vector a low-cost attacker that advances the ship's power level every time it swings.
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 |
Filigree Vector is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander, where the game's longer time horizon lets the repeating proliferate trigger compound into something decisive. In Legacy and Vintage it's effectively invisible — those formats have no meaningful proliferate infrastructure and the body is far too small to matter. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it could see fringe play under a proliferate-focused planeswalker signature spell shell, but the card pool is narrow enough that it rarely comes up. Treat Filigree Vector as a Commander card that happens to be technically legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If Filigree Vector is out of budget, Thrummingbird fills the same repeatable-proliferate-on-attack role for under $1 and flies, though it brings no counter-movement utility and starts smaller. Experimental Augury and Spread the Sickness offer single-shot proliferate at instant or sorcery speed for pennies, but neither replaces the sustained pressure of a creature that proliferates every combat — you're trading consistency for cost.
Price Context
Current price
$13.51 mid tier
At $13.51, Filigree Vector sits in the mid tier — premium for a single creature without an enter-the-battlefield bomb effect, but justified by how narrowly it fits Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos and similar proliferate-heavy builds where no cheaper card replicates the full package. It's a staple price for a staple role, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos
- Elesh Norn
- Kros, Defense Contractor
- Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
- Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.