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Replication Specialist

Creature — Moonfolk Artificer

Flying
Whenever a nontoken artifact you control enters, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that artifact.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
Price
$0.21
EDHREC rank
#12693
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Replication Specialist card art
Replication Specialist enters and copies any artifact you control — immediate value on a 2/3 body for three mana. It's a clean role-player in artifact-heavy builds, and Urza, Lord High Artificer decks in particular get double mileage from the token since every artifact feeds Urza's activated ability.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Replication Specialist is a Commander card through and through — the powered-up artifact synergies and slower game pace let it do real work, where copying a Treasure, Thopter, or key combo piece pays off over a long game. In Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, three mana for a 2/3 that copies one artifact is simply too slow and too fragile against the interaction those formats demand. Replication Specialist is technically legal in those formats but has no competitive presence in any of them.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.21 bulk tier

At $0.21, Replication Specialist is deep bulk — you're picking it up as an afterthought in a collection or a cheap singles order. Bulk artifact synergy pieces rarely spike unless a new commander breaks them wide open, so expect this price to stay flat.

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