Possession Engine
Artifact — Vehicle
When this Vehicle enters, gain control of target creature an opponent controls for as long as you control this Vehicle. That creature can't attack or block for as long as you control this Vehicle.
Crew 3
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #10628
Possession Engine lands and immediately starts converting your artifacts and creatures into card advantage — the tap-to-draw effect scales with how many permanents you're already deploying. Miles "Tails" Prower is the natural home, pairing a token-generating, artifact-matters commander with exactly the kind of engine that rewards going wide.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower floods the board with artifact tokens, and Possession Engine turns that density into a draw engine — the more gadgets Tails assembles, the more cards you see each turn cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Possession Engine is legal across every major constructed format but is firmly a Commander card — the multiplayer game gives it the time and board density it needs to generate meaningful value. In 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, a five-mana artifact that doesn't immediately impact the board can't compete with the efficiency the format demands. Commander is where the math works: a wide artifact or creature board means you're drawing multiple cards per turn rotation, which compounds fast in longer games. Oathbreaker can support it in the right shell, but the smaller life totals and faster clocks make it a fringe inclusion there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Possession Engine sits squarely in bulk territory — pickup cost is essentially nothing. Bulk rares with narrow commander applications tend to stay flat unless a breakout deck pushes demand, so grab it for the decks that want it and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Miles "Tails" Prower
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.