Iron Man, Titan of Innovation
Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Hero
Flying, haste
Genius Industrialist — Whenever Iron Man attacks, create a Treasure token, then you may sacrifice a noncreature artifact. If you do, search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $21.41
- EDHREC rank
- #7160
Iron Man, Titan of Innovation lands and immediately starts generating artifacts or value on the board — the payoff is real, but it demands a deck built to exploit it. Captain America, First Avenger is the most natural home, and the 31% inclusion rate there tells you players have already done that math.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Captain America, First Avenger
Captain America, First Avenger and Iron Man, Titan of Innovation share enough mechanical overlap that one routinely feeds the other's triggers — Iron Man showing up in nearly a third of Cap decks is the clearest signal of how well the two play together.
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider rewards artifact interaction and incremental value generation, which is exactly what Iron Man, Titan of Innovation supplies — the nearly 30% inclusion rate reflects how naturally Iron Man fits Lara's engine.
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 |
Commander is where Iron Man, Titan of Innovation actually gets to breathe — the singleton format and longer game give it time to generate meaningful board presence, and the social contract means opponents can't always answer it on curve. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but practically irrelevant; neither format has any reason to invest five-plus mana in a slow value engine when faster threats exist. Oathbreaker is the one alternative worth watching if you want a shorter game that still rewards artifact synergies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Iron Man, Titan of Innovation sits in a niche that generic artifact-value creatures approach but rarely match cleanly — Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer and Breya, Etherium Shaper cover adjacent ground for much less if your priority is artifact-token generation over the specific triggered effect. The trade-off is losing the thematic cohesion in Marvel-branded decks, where Iron Man's flavor often pulls its weight alongside the mechanical upside.
Price Context
Current price
$21.41 premium tier
At $21.41, Iron Man, Titan of Innovation is a premium single driven partly by IP licensing and partly by genuine demand in Captain America and Lara Croft lists. That price is unlikely to soften much as long as the Marvel Universes Beyond set stays in print demand — but buy it because you want it in the deck, not as a hold.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.