Telethopter
Artifact Creature — Thopter
Tap an untapped creature you control: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tempest Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27805
Telethopter turns every artifact creature you control into a flying threat the turn it enters, which in the right shell is an immediate board-wide upgrade for zero mana beyond what you're already spending. Unctus, Grand Metatect in particular makes this obscene — blue artifact creatures tap to draw cards, and Telethopter ensures every new one is swinging over blockers the same turn. It's a role-player, not a finisher, but in artifact-creature decks it punches well above its mana cost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Telethopter is a Commander card almost exclusively — the effect is too slow and too dependent on board state to compete in Legacy or Vintage, where the artifact-creature synergies it enables aren't the dominant strategy. Pauper is its only other realistic home, and even there it needs a dedicated artifact-creature shell to do real work rather than just grant one flier. In Commander, Telethopter slots cleanly into any blue or artifact-heavy artifact-creature strategy and scales with the table's longer game, where accumulating a board full of hasty fliers over several turns actually closes games.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Unctus, Grand MetatectThe Watcher in the WaterTelethopter
Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Near-infinite tapped creature tokens
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Current price
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Pricing data isn't currently available for Telethopter, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate before buying. Given its narrow application in artifact-creature Commander decks, it's unlikely to command a premium — but verify before assuming it's a bulk pick.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.