Metallurgeon
Artifact Creature — Human Artificer
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: Regenerate target artifact.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #21998
Metallurgeon lets you tap untapped artifacts to regenerate target artifact creature — repeatable protection stapled to a two-mana body in any artifact-heavy shell. The cost is real: you need multiple untapped artifacts available at instant speed, which means it does nothing in a vacuum and folds to exile-based removal anyway.
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 |
Commander is where Metallurgeon has a legitimate home, specifically in artifact-creature decks that can flood the board and hold up mana — think Breya, Sharuum, or any Esper or colorless artifact build running a dense artifact-creature suite. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are all technically legal but Metallurgeon sees no meaningful play in any of them; the combination of fragility, narrow effect, and better alternatives pushes it out of every competitive 60-card context. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: niche, but functional if the gameplan lines up.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Metallurgeon is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in or out of a bulk bin without a second thought. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move in either direction barring an unexpected reprint in a precon spotlight.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.