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Izzet Generatorium

Artifact

If you would get one or more {E} (energy counters), you get that many plus one {E} instead.
{T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you've paid or lost four or more {E} this turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{U}{R}
Color identity
RU
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Modern Horizons 3
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#4440
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Izzet Generatorium card art
Izzet Generatorium puts three artifact creature tokens onto the battlefield across three turns — one from each mode of Automated Assembly Line — and that incremental production is exactly what Satya, Aetherflux Genius wants to copy and chain into explosive turns. The cost is three separate activations and two colors of mana over multiple turns, so it rewards decks that can protect a saga rather than those looking for a single-turn payoff.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Satya, Aetherflux Genius

Satya, Aetherflux Genius

83.8% of decks · synergy 0.76

Satya, Aetherflux Genius runs Izzet Generatorium in over 83% of decks because the Powerstone and Thopter tokens the saga generates become fodder for Satya's copy triggers, turning incremental token production into a cascading engine of attackers and ETB value.

03
Dr. Madison Li

Dr. Madison Li

70.2% of decks · synergy 0.63

Dr. Madison Li slots Izzet Generatorium into about 70% of builds because the saga's three-chapter structure consistently supplies the artifact tokens Dr. Madison Li needs to trigger energy and workshop mechanics turn after turn.

04
Liberty Prime, Recharged

Liberty Prime, Recharged

65.4% of decks · synergy 0.58

Liberty Prime, Recharged runs Izzet Generatorium in 65% of lists because the steady stream of artifact creatures feeds Liberty Prime's power-scaling conditions and keeps the battlefield stocked even through removal.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Izzet Generatorium is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially zero competitive play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the three-turn timeline is too slow — those formats close games before a saga reaches its final chapter. Modern has faster, more compact artifact-token generators that don't require you to wait three turns. Commander is where Izzet Generatorium earns its slot: multiplayer games run long enough for the saga to fully resolve, and the token density synergizes cleanly with the artifact-creature and energy strategies that dominate its color identity.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Izzet Generatorium is bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and shows up in over 36,000 decks on EDHREC, so supply is healthy and the price is unlikely to climb. Pick it up freely; there's no financial risk here.

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