Inspired Inventor
Creature — Human Artificer
When this creature enters, choose one —
• You get 
(three energy counters).
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
• Create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #15574
Inspired Inventor enters and tutors an Equipment directly onto the battlefield — that's a free Steelshaper's Gift stapled to a 2/2 body, all for five mana. The rate is clunky in faster formats, but in Commander it's a clean two-for-one that keeps artifact-matters and Voltron strategies consistently stocked.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Inspired Inventor actually belongs — five mana is acceptable in a 40-life format where the tutor effect alone justifies the slot in any Equipment-heavy build. In Pauper it's a legitimate common-legal Equipment tutor with a body attached, which is genuinely rare at that rarity tier and earns it consideration there. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are too fast for a five-mana do-nothing-until-resolution creature, and it simply won't see play in those formats. The card's home is slow, synergy-driven games where the battlefield matters and setting up a specific piece of Equipment on curve can shift momentum.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Inspired Inventor is deep bulk — grab a copy out of any commons bin without a second thought. Bulk commons with narrow tutor effects don't spike, so there's no urgency and no ceiling worth tracking.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.