Quicksmith Spy
Creature — Human Artificer
When this creature enters, target artifact you control gains "
: Draw a card" for as long as you control this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Aether Revolt Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21336
Quicksmith Spy turns any artifact into a repeatable tap-for-a-card engine — attached at instant speed, every turn, for as long as the artifact survives. The catch is the 3/3 body that delivers the ability: four mana for a creature that does nothing the turn it arrives is a real cost, and if it dies before you untap, you paid full price for zero draws.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Quicksmith Spy is genuinely worth building around — the longer game and artifact-dense commanders give it time to recoup its mana cost and then some. In Modern and Pioneer, a four-mana 3/3 that doesn't impact the board immediately is simply too slow; the formats punish that kind of passive value setup before you ever untap. Legacy and Vintage have access to degenerate artifact packages, but those formats have faster, more broken draw engines and no reason to reach for Quicksmith Spy. Oathbreaker sits close enough to Commander in play patterns that artifact-focused planeswalker builds can use it, though the 20-life clock compresses the window. Treat Quicksmith Spy as a Commander-only card — that's where its payoff actually materializes.
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Price Context
Current price
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Quicksmith Spy is a bulk rare — the kind of card you find in a box or pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice about it. At that price point the question isn't whether it's worth the money; it's whether it's worth the slot, and in the right artifact deck the answer is yes.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.