Foundry Assembler
Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for 
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- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aether Revolt
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #22661
Foundry Assembler puts a 3/3 artifact creature on the board and tutors any artifact straight to your hand — the question is whether seven mana for that package is acceptable, and in most artifact-heavy Commander decks it is not. Improvise can shave that cost down to three or four mana in a dense board state, which is the only context where Foundry Assembler earns its slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Foundry Assembler is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the format where it sees the most legitimate play — artifact synergy decks can reliably trigger Improvise to make the cost manageable, and the built-in tutor effect is real card advantage at common rarity. In Commander, it competes against artifact tutors that cost two or three mana and don't ask you to tap down your board, so Foundry Assembler is a budget option rather than a staple. Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer have faster, cheaper artifact toolboxes that make a seven-mana baseline a non-starter, Improvise or not.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Foundry Assembler is pure bulk — you're paying for the effect, not the card. It holds that price floor indefinitely; there's no pressure driving it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.