Neurok Replica
Artifact Creature — Wizard
, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #27356
Neurok Replica trades itself to return a target creature to its owner's hand — a one-shot bounce stapled to a 1/3 body for three mana. The rate is too slow for most formats, but in dedicated artifact synergy decks it pulls double duty as a sacrifice outlet and a tempo play.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Neurok Replica finds a home almost exclusively in artifact-matters decks that want cheap, repeatable sacrifice fodder — think Breya, Etherium Shaper or Emry, Lurker of the Loch shells that value the artifact type as much as the effect. Pauper is the format where Neurok Replica is most relevant, since bounce on a resilient body at common is a real tool in slower artifact synergy builds. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — three mana for a sorcery-speed bounce with a 1/3 stapled on is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Neurok Replica is deep bulk — buy a playset for less than a dollar without thinking twice. The price reflects the narrow demand accurately and there's no reason to expect it to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.