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Foundry Inspector

Artifact Creature — Construct

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Commander Legends
Price
$0.35
EDHREC rank
#255
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Foundry Inspector card art
Foundry Inspector makes every artifact in your hand cost one less mana — on a 3/2 body for three mana that requires zero setup to start working. In artifact-heavy Commander builds, especially those looping Sensei's Divining Top or flooding the board under Imotekh the Stormlord, it's a mandatory inclusion.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Imotekh the Stormlord

Imotekh the Stormlord

75.0% of decks · synergy 0.72

Imotekh the Stormlord generates Necron Warrior tokens and leans on a dense artifact package, and Foundry Inspector turns that critical mass into a velocity engine — cheaper artifacts mean more artifacts per turn, which means more triggers and a faster board.

02
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

77.4% of decks · synergy 0.72

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain draws a card for every historic spell cast, so Foundry Inspector doesn't just accelerate the board — it directly increases the number of draw triggers you fire each turn by letting you chain artifacts through mana you'd otherwise run out of.

03
Aloy, Savior of Meridian

Aloy, Savior of Meridian

73.0% of decks · synergy 0.71

Aloy, Savior of Meridian cares about casting and playing artifacts repeatedly, and Foundry Inspector shaves the mana tax on that loop, letting you squeeze more activations through the same land drops each turn.

04
Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant

Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant

77.4% of decks · synergy 0.71

Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant discounts artifacts itself, and stacking Foundry Inspector on top creates cost reductions that push expensive artifacts into free or near-free territory — exactly the condition where the deck goes off.

05
Alibou, Ancient Witness

Alibou, Ancient Witness

76.8% of decks · synergy 0.67

Alibou, Ancient Witness rewards tapping artifacts with direct damage and scry, so Foundry Inspector's discount means more artifacts hitting the battlefield each turn and more triggers firing before the turn ends.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Foundry Inspector earns its reputation — artifact commanders run it at 70–75% inclusion rates because the effect is universal, the body is incidental, and three mana is a fair price for a permanent cost reduction. In Pauper it's a legitimate build-around, powering affinity-adjacent strategies at common rarity with no competition from more efficient options. Modern and Pioneer have Etherium Sculptor doing the same job at two mana, which pushes Foundry Inspector to the margins in those formats except in decks that want redundant copies. Legacy and Vintage have faster and more broken artifact synergies available, so it doesn't see meaningful play there.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.35 bulk tier

At $0.35, Foundry Inspector is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset without noticing the cost. Given its near-universal inclusion in artifact Commander decks, that price reflects supply more than demand, and it's unlikely to spike absent a reprint in a high-profile product.

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