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Neurok Transmuter

Creature — Human Wizard

{U}: Target creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.
{U}: Until end of turn, target artifact creature becomes blue and isn't an artifact.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Darksteel
Price
$0.22
EDHREC rank
#21459
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Neurok Transmuter card art
Neurok Transmuter turns any artifact into an artifact creature and any blue creature into an artifact creature — on demand, at instant speed — which makes it the engine that lets Voltaic Construct go infinite with any mana-producing artifact creature and lets Memnarch steal the world for three mana a target. The cost is a three-mana creature that does nothing alone and folds to any removal spell before you untap.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Memnarch

Memnarch

38.1% of decks · synergy 0.38

Memnarch needs artifacts to steal nonartifact permanents, and Neurok Transmuter provides that conversion at instant speed — anything on the battlefield becomes a target, and once Voltaic Construct enters the picture, Memnarch's activated ability runs on a loop.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Neurok Transmuter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees almost no play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the three-mana setup requirement is too slow when faster combo infrastructure exists. Modern has better artifact synergy pieces that don't demand a dedicated untap engine to function. Commander is where Neurok Transmuter actually lives — the 100-card singleton format rewards narrow, combo-enabling creatures, and the longer game gives you the time to assemble the pieces around it.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.22 bulk tier

At $0.22, Neurok Transmuter is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons bin, not tracking it down. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new Commander printing spikes interest in the Voltaic Construct loop.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.