One with the Machine
Sorcery
Draw cards equal to the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Commander
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #2869
One with the Machine draws cards equal to the highest power among artifacts you control — in any deck running a high-power artifact as its centerpiece, that's routinely four to seven cards off a single blue instant. Liberty Prime, Recharged hits the table at 10 power, making this a ten-card refill for four mana the turn your commander lands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Liberty Prime, Recharged
Liberty Prime, Recharged enters at 10 power, so One with the Machine draws ten cards the moment it attacks — it's not incidental draw, it's the deck's most explosive refuel at instant speed.
Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
Jhoira, Ageless Innovator builds a board of high-power artifact creatures, and One with the Machine scales directly off that power — the wider and bigger the board, the more cards you pocket.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci produces Vehicle tokens and high-power artifact creatures, giving One with the Machine a reliable target every time it resolves.
Dr. Madison Li
Dr. Madison Li's artifact-heavy gameplan accumulates large constructs and equipment, and One with the Machine converts that power investment directly into card advantage.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
One with the Machine is a Commander card at heart — the format's larger boards, higher-power artifact commanders, and longer game length are exactly what makes a variable draw spell like this worth a slot. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's unplayable; four mana at sorcery speed for conditional draw has never made the cut when cheaper unconditional options exist. Legacy and Vintage have even less interest in it. Commander is where the card does real work: artifact commanders routinely sit at five-plus power, the spell is instant-speed, and running out of cards is a real failure mode that this addresses cleanly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, One with the Machine is bulk — easy to acquire as a throw-in or cheap pickup. The price reflects its narrow home in Commander rather than any weakness within that home; in the right artifact deck it consistently overperforms its cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Liberty Prime, Recharged
- Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
- Memnarch
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Dr. Madison Li
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.