Reconstructed Thopter
Artifact Creature — Thopter
Flying
Unearth 
(: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #21010
Reconstructed Thopter is a 1/1 flying artifact creature for three mana — functional, forgettable, and outclassed by nearly every comparable option at that cost. Run it only when you specifically need artifact creature count and have exhausted better options.
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 |
Reconstructed Thopter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, it sees niche use in artifact-tribal builds under commanders like Breya, Etherium Shaper or Sai, Master Thopterist, where raw artifact creature density matters more than individual card quality. In competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, a vanilla 1/1 flier for three simply doesn't exist at meaningful tables — faster, cheaper, and more impactful options crowd it out entirely. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: fine as a filler piece, not a priority include.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Reconstructed Thopter is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing, and that tracks with the card's impact. Don't expect the price to move; cards this replaceable don't accumulate demand.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.