Metalspinner's Puzzleknot
Artifact
When this artifact enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
, Sacrifice this artifact: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20632
Metalspinner's Puzzleknot draws two cards across two activations for a combined three mana — functional, but slow and fragile against any deck that doesn't care about the artifact type. Run it only when your commander taxes artifacts entering the battlefield or rewards sacrificing them, not as generic card draw.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Metalspinner's Puzzleknot is a bulk common in every format it's legal in, and competitive play — Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage — has no interest in it. Pauper is its most viable home, but even there dedicated draw spells and artifact synergy payoffs need to be dense enough to justify the two-step activation sequence. In Commander, it earns a slot exclusively in artifact-centric decks where the enter-the-battlefield trigger, the sacrifice trigger, or both are being exploited — think Breya, Etherium Shaper or Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain shells. Everywhere else, there are cleaner two-for-ones.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Metalspinner's Puzzleknot is deep bulk — freely available in nearly any collection or bulk bin. The price won't move; it's a common with a narrow use case and no casual crossover appeal to push demand.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.