Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
Legendary Artifact Creature — Thopter
Flash
Flying
You may cast colorless spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.
Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #1244
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter turns every artifact and colorless spell in your hand into an instant-speed threat, giving you the kind of end-step mana efficiency that most blue artifact decks dream about. Commanders like Urza, Lord Protector lean on it precisely for this reason, and in the right shell it functions as a persistent flash enabler that opponents have to answer immediately or watch spiral out of control. Ulalek, Fused Atrocity and similar high-cost payoffs get dramatically better when you can hold mana up and deploy them at will rather than tapping out on your main phase.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Urza, Lord Protector
Urza, Lord Protector is a natural home — Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter fills out the artifact theme and the flash ability means you can hold up interaction while still advancing your board on the opponent's end step.

Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's token-generating constructs are artifacts, so Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter slots in as a flash enabler that keeps mana open for interaction while still building a board.

Urza, Chief Artificer
Urza, Chief Artificer wants as many artifacts in play as possible, and Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter's flash lets you convert leftover end-step mana into threats without sacrificing your counterspell hold.

Noctis, Prince of Lucis
Noctis, Prince of Lucis cares about equipment and artifacts, and Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter lets you deploy those pieces at instant speed, threatening an armored-up attack the turn they land.

Sami, Wildcat Captain
Sami, Wildcat Captain's artifact synergies benefit from Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter's ability to flash in key pieces at the end of an opponent's turn, keeping pressure up without telegraphing your plays.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter does its best work — artifact-heavy builds run it as a persistent flash enabler that converts dead end-step mana into board presence, and the effect compounds quickly in a multiplayer game where you have three opponents' turns to exploit. In Modern and Pioneer, the competition for the three-mana artifact slot is fierce and most aggressive strategies have no use for the flash angle, so Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter is largely a fringe consideration at best. Legacy and Vintage have the redundancy and the broken artifact shells to theoretically use it, but those formats also have faster and cheaper ways to accomplish the same goal. Oathbreaker gives it a legitimate home in any artifact-focused pairing, particularly where the signature spell is colorless and can slot right into the flash window. Outside Commander, treat this as a role-player at best rather than a format staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card



Ulalek, Fused AtrocityDrowner of Truth // Drowned JungleLiberator, Urza's Battlethopter
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite copies of abilities you control on the stack; Infinite copies of a specific creature
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
- Urza, Lord Protector
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Urza, Chief Artificer
- Noctis, Prince of Lucis
- Sami, Wildcat Captain
- Drowner of Truth // Drowned Jungle
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.