Nimble Innovator
Creature — Vedalken Artificer
When this creature enters, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26990
Nimble Innovator replaces itself the moment it enters the battlefield — a 2/1 flash body that draws a card is exactly what blue creature-based strategies want. Four mana is the honest price for that package, and in formats where flash and card flow matter, it delivers without asking anything complicated of you.
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 |
In Commander, Nimble Innovator earns its slot in decks that care about enters-the-battlefield triggers, artifact creatures, or simply maintaining card parity on an opponent's end step. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive friction — common-legal flash creatures that draw are genuinely useful in tempo and faerie-adjacent shells. Modern and Pioneer have enough efficient competition that Nimble Innovator rarely makes the cut outside of niche synergy builds. Legacy and Vintage make no room for it at all.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Nimble Innovator isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for a live number. As a common-rarity utility creature it has historically sat at bulk pricing, making it an easy pickup if the shell fits.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.