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Oltec Matterweaver

Creature — Human Artificer

Whenever you cast a creature spell, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature token.
• Create a token that's a copy of target artifact token you control.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
mythic
Set
The Big Score
Price
$1.78
EDHREC rank
#3350
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Oltec Matterweaver card art
Oltec Matterweaver turns every creature ETB into a Treasure token, which means bounce loops with something like Shrieking Drake stop being cute and start being a mana engine. The cost is a three-mana 2/3 with no immediate board impact — you're investing in the engine, not the threat. Brenard, Ginger Sculptor decks are the natural home, but anywhere you're bouncing your own creatures repeatedly, Oltec Matterweaver pays for itself fast.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor

Brenard, Ginger Sculptor

42.2% of decks · synergy 0.41

Brenard, Ginger Sculptor replaces creatures that die with Golem tokens, so Oltec Matterweaver generates Treasure on every ETB — including the Golems themselves — turning Brenard's death-replacement loop into a mana fountain. It's in 42% of Brenard decks for good reason: the two cards form the backbone of an engine that funds bigger plays while the board fills up.

02
Cayth, Famed Mechanist

Cayth, Famed Mechanist

34.1% of decks · synergy 0.31

Cayth, Famed Mechanist cares about artifacts and artifact creatures entering the battlefield, and Oltec Matterweaver's Treasures are themselves artifacts, creating a feedback loop where each ETB produces a trigger for both commanders. Running Oltec Matterweaver here means your creature-based artifact synergies are also bankrolling future turns.

03
Zinnia, Valley's Voice

Zinnia, Valley's Voice

25.4% of decks · synergy 0.23

Zinnia, Valley's Voice rewards you for playing creatures with specific power thresholds, and Oltec Matterweaver slots in as a mana accelerant that keeps those creatures flowing. One in four Zinnia decks runs it because the Treasure generation smooths out the cost of replaying or bouncing creatures to retrigger Zinnia's conditions.

04
Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Mendicant Core, Guidelight

24.6% of decks · synergy 0.23

Mendicant Core, Guidelight builds around artifact synergies and incremental value generation, and Oltec Matterweaver converts creature ETBs into Treasures that fuel artifact-matters payoffs on the same turn. The 24% inclusion rate reflects how naturally it slots into a deck that wants both board presence and artifact count climbing simultaneously.

05
Delney, Streetwise Lookout

Delney, Streetwise Lookout

23.7% of decks · synergy 0.22

Delney, Streetwise Lookout doubles triggered abilities from creatures with power two or less, which means Oltec Matterweaver's ETB trigger fires twice per creature — two Treasures instead of one. That doubling effect is what pushes Oltec Matterweaver into nearly a quarter of Delney decks; the math on mana production gets out of hand quickly.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Oltec Matterweaver is legal across every major format but has found almost no competitive traction outside Commander — the three-mana investment for a 2/3 that needs a bounce or blink shell to shine is simply too slow for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where faster engines dominate. In Standard and Pioneer, the effect is real but the supporting pieces aren't concentrated enough to build around it. Commander is where Oltec Matterweaver earns its slot: the format's slower pace, abundance of bounce synergies, and creature-heavy strategies mean the Treasure engine consistently pays off across a long game.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.78 cheap tier

At $1.78, Oltec Matterweaver sits squarely in budget-include territory — cheap enough to throw into any compatible deck without deliberation. Given its role as a key engine piece in Brenard, Ginger Sculptor builds with over 8,000 decks registered, the price is unlikely to crater further and represents solid value for what it does.

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