Mechanized Production
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant artifact you control
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of enchanted artifact. Then if you control eight or more artifacts with the same name as one another, you win the game.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Fallout
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #993
Mechanized Production wins games on its own — enchant any artifact you're already copying and it hands you a victory condition stapled to a copy effect. The cost is real: four mana at sorcery speed with no immediate impact means it dies to removal before the trigger ever fires, and commanders like Obeka, Splitter of Seconds and Morska, Undersea Sleuth are the shells that protect it long enough to matter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Morska, Undersea Sleuth
Morska, Undersea Sleuth generates Clue tokens every turn, giving Mechanized Production a target that multiplies itself — once you have eight Clues, you've already won without needing to crack a single one.
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds can skip end steps entirely, but when you do let an end step resolve with Mechanized Production on board, the copy trigger stacks fast; the enchantment's alternate win condition is a natural fit for a deck that manipulates time to generate overwhelming advantage.
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer makes a token on attack and then converts your whole board to match any one token type — enchant one artifact with Mechanized Production, let Brudiclad flood the board with copies, and you hit eight identical artifacts in a single combat step.
Dr. Madison Li
Dr. Madison Li produces artifact tokens as a core function, giving Mechanized Production a steady supply of enchantment targets that grow in number each turn.
Liberty Prime, Recharged
Liberty Prime, Recharged creates large artifact tokens that are easy to copy and hard to block, making Mechanized Production a reliable path to eight identical permanents without needing a dedicated token package.
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 Mechanized Production actually lives — the 100-card singleton format gives you enough redundant token producers and artifact synergies to make the alternate win condition realistic rather than aspirational. In competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Vintage it's a non-starter: four mana for an enchantment that does nothing until your next end step is too slow against decks that win on turn one or two. Modern and Pioneer are similarly hostile; the card has no presence in either format because faster win conditions and efficient interaction make the setup cost prohibitive. Mechanized Production is a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it belongs in dedicated artifact or token shells — not as a generic include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Urza, Lord High ArtificerWorldwalker HelmMechanized Production
Infinite blue mana; Exile your library; Cast all spells in your library; Infinite Map tokens
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Mechanized ProductionMasterful Replication
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Mechanized Production, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Historically it has sat in the $2–5 range given its narrow competitive application, making it an easy pickup for the right Commander deck.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.