Maverick Thopterist
Creature — Human Artificer
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for 
.)
When this creature enters, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aether Revolt
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #18073
Maverick Thopterist enters and immediately puts three artifacts on the board — itself plus two 1/1 Thopter tokens — which matters more than the five-mana sticker price suggests when you're getting Improvise credit along the way. It's a role-player, not a headliner: run it in artifact synergy decks that want bodies and artifact count simultaneously, and it earns its slot.
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 Maverick Thopterist actually lives — artifact token strategies helmed by commanders like Breya, Etherium Shaper or Sai, Master Thopterist want exactly this kind of three-for-one body that pads artifact count while fueling sacrifice or tap-based engines. In Modern and Legacy it's strictly outclassed; five mana for a 2/2 and two 1/1s doesn't clear the efficiency bar those formats demand, and Improvise isn't a supported archetype at that level. Pioneer sits in the same boat — the card was never a constructed staple and the format has faster artifact payoffs. Vintage and Oathbreaker are legal but irrelevant in practice; no shell there is looking for this effect at this cost.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Maverick Thopterist is deep bulk — buy a playset for less than a pack of sleeves. Price stability is a non-issue: it's a common with a narrow home, so it neither rises nor disappears from trade binders.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.