Restoration Specialist
Creature — Dwarf Artificer
, Sacrifice this creature: Return up to one target artifact card and up to one target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aether Revolt
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #13374
Restoration Specialist is a two-for-one on a body — tap it, sacrifice it, get back one artifact and one enchantment from your graveyard, no questions asked. The cost is real: you lose the creature, so engines like Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle that rebuy it from the graveyard are what elevate it from a one-shot effect to a repeatable engine piece.
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 |
Restoration Specialist is a Commander card first and foremost — graveyard recursion scales with the longer game, and artifact-enchantment synergy decks are everywhere in the format. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's too slow and too conditional; dedicated recursion pieces in those formats either cost less mana or don't require a sacrifice. Vintage has better options at every price point. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same logic applies: if your signature spell or strategy leans on artifacts or enchantments, Restoration Specialist earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Teshar, Ancestor's ApostleLion's Eye DiamondRestoration Specialist
Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Restoration Specialist is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price has nowhere meaningful to go given the card's narrow competitive ceiling, but it also means there's zero barrier to picking up copies for any artifact-enchantment build that wants it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.