Spotter Thopter
Artifact Creature — Thopter
Prototype 
— 2/3 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Flying
When this creature enters, scry X, where X is its power.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #18899
Spotter Thopter enters the battlefield and immediately draws you a card, stapling a 1/1 flying artifact creature onto a cantrip for three mana. The rate is unspectacular outside of synergy contexts, but every deck that cares about artifacts entering, Thopter tokens, or cheap card filtering has a reason to look here.
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 |
Spotter Thopter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but it only earns a slot in Commander, where the cantrip-plus-body package is most forgiving and artifact synergies are endemic. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Legacy, three mana for a 1/1 flier and a draw is too slow to register; dedicated artifact decks there have access to far more efficient pieces. Commander is where Spotter Thopter actually pulls its weight, slotting cleanly into artifact-token strategies and any shell that triggers off permanents entering the battlefield.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Spotter Thopter is deep bulk — grab a copy without a second thought whenever you need one. Bulk artifact creatures with niche synergy uses rarely appreciate, so treat this as a zero-cost slot filler rather than a pickup with any upside.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.