Spin Engine
Artifact Creature — Construct
: Target creature can't block this creature this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #30409
Spin Engine is a three-mana 2/2 artifact creature that can pay two to gain intimidate until end of turn — evasion you have to re-buy every combat. The cost is too high and the body too small for what competitive formats or most Commander tables demand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Spin Engine sees no meaningful play in Legacy or Vintage, where a three-mana 2/2 with a conditional activated ability cannot compete with the power level on offer. In Pauper, common-legal evasion creatures exist that don't require a two-mana tax each turn to function, so Spin Engine sits at the bottom of that pile too. Commander is where it's most likely to appear — artifact-matters or colorless decks sometimes need bodies — but even there, the repeating cost for temporary intimidate is a poor return compared to equipment or creatures with built-in evasion. This is a card that occupies a legal slot in almost every format while seeing play in almost none of them.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Spin Engine is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a collection binder and never leaves. Don't expect that floor to move; there's no competitive demand driving a reprint premium or a buyout.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.