Inventive Wingsmith
Creature — Dwarf Artificer
At the beginning of your end step, if you haven't cast a spell from your hand this turn and this creature doesn't have a flying counter on it, put a flying counter on it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #28031
Inventive Wingsmith puts a 1/1 Thopter token with flying into play every time you cast an artifact spell — a steady stream of air power that compounds fast in artifact-heavy builds. Four mana for a 2/3 is a real cost, but in the right shell the tokens pay the rent.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Inventive Wingsmith is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games give you the time to cast enough artifacts to make the token engine meaningful. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern or Pioneer, four mana for a creature that doesn't immediately affect the board is too slow against the threats those formats present. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where it could see fringe play, since commons-only artifact synergies exist and the token generation is legitimate value at that power level. In Standard it competes against too many efficient threats to carve out a reliable role.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Inventive Wingsmith is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. Bulk commons at this price level don't appreciate; pick it up when you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.