Kenku Artificer
Creature — Bird Artificer
Homunculus Servant — When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature artifact. That artifact becomes a 0/0 Homunculus artifact creature with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #22222
Kenku Artificer turns any noncreature artifact into a 0/2 artifact creature with flying and the ability to copy instants and sorceries — stapled onto a three-mana 2/2 body that generates that artifact itself on entry. The setup cost is real, but the payoff in artifact-heavy shells is immediate and repeatable.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kenku Artificer is a Commander card through and through — the combination of artifact synergy, spell-copy utility, and incremental value generation fits the slower, multiplayer game where setup time is available and payoffs compound. In Pauper, the common designation makes it technically available, but three mana for a 2/2 that requires an existing artifact to do its best work is too conditional for a format that demands efficiency. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the effect isn't broken enough to compete at those speeds. Oathbreaker could support it in the right artifact-spell shell, but the 20-life clock compresses the window for Kenku Artificer to shine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Kenku Artificer is deep bulk — no barrier to picking up a copy or three for any artifact deck under construction. Bulk rares with narrow applications tend to stay flat; this one won't spike unless a future commander breaks the copy-artifact-creature pattern wide open.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.