Loyal Inventor
Creature — Human Artificer
Vigilance
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, then shuffle. Put that card into your hand if you control an Assassin. Otherwise, put that card on top of your library.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #4764
Loyal Inventor enters and puts a Thopter token onto the battlefield — immediate artifact presence, no setup required. At three mana in a color identity built around artifacts and evasive tokens, it pulls its weight the turn it lands, and Basim Ibn Ishaq decks that want a flying body plus an artifact in one card have no reason to skip it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Basim Ibn Ishaq
Basim Ibn Ishaq cares about creatures with evasion dealing combat damage, and Loyal Inventor delivers two flying bodies in one cast — both the creature and its Thopter token are immediately eligible to trigger his reward engine.
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton wants a wide board of creatures to outfit with Auras and Equipment, and Loyal Inventor's instant two-body output means double the targets from a single card slot.
Edward Kenway
Edward Kenway's artifact-token synergies get a two-for-one from Loyal Inventor — the Thopter feeds artifact count while the 2/1 body contributes to creature-based strategies, which is why nearly a quarter of his 13,000-plus decks run it.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci generates and rewards artifact tokens directly, making Loyal Inventor a clean on-theme inclusion that adds to the artifact count the moment it resolves.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze decks often run evasive creatures to enable his combat-damage triggers, and Loyal Inventor supplies a flying Thopter that slots right into that role while also counting as an artifact for synergy pieces.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Loyal Inventor is a Commander card through and through — the effect is too slow and the stats too modest for Legacy or Vintage, where it's legal but irrelevant. In Commander, it earns its slot specifically in artifact-token builds and Assassin's Creed-themed decks where flying bodies and artifact count both matter. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Loyal Inventor can show up meaningfully, again only in artifact-centric shells. Outside those niches, leave it on the shelf.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Loyal Inventor is bulk — grab it out of a common box or pick it up as a throw-in. There's no financial risk here, and no particular urgency either; supply is high and demand is narrow enough that the price is likely to stay right where it is.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.