Self-Assembler
Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Assembly-Worker creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Masters 25
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #21886
Self-Assembler enters, tutors another copy of itself to hand, and keeps doing that as long as you keep playing them — the board impact is incremental but the card advantage is real. The cost is everything: five mana for a 4/4 with no evasion is a bad rate, and the engine only pays off if you're committed to running multiples or have ways to cheat them into play.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Self-Assembler actually has a home, specifically in artifact-tribal or Construct-tribal builds where the chain of tutors generates repeated value and the bodies feed sacrifice or ETB engines. In Pauper it sees fringe play as a self-sustaining threat in slower artifact decks, though the five-mana entry point keeps it off most lists. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are non-starters — the rate is embarrassing against those formats' threats — and Pioneer has enough efficient assembler-adjacent payoffs that this one gets cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Self-Assembler is deep bulk — there's no price floor to protect here. It holds that value indefinitely because demand is narrow and supply is abundant, so buy a playset without hesitation if you need them and don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.