Tezzeret, Artifice Master
Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
+1: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
0: Draw a card. If you control three or more artifacts, draw two cards instead.
−9: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, search your library for a permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $6.49
- EDHREC rank
- #4159
Tezzeret, Artifice Master lands and immediately starts producing 1/1 flyers, ticking up toward one of the most oppressive draw engines in Commander — his static turns every artifact into a free card — and the Time Sieve combo lets him threaten infinite turns once you've stacked enough tokens. The catch is five mana in mono-blue or blue-heavy shells, which Leonardo da Vinci and similar artifact commanders pay without blinking.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci floods the board with artifact tokens naturally, so Tezzeret, Artifice Master's passive draw engine and Thopter production are both live from the moment he enters — he's in over 42% of Leonardo da Vinci decks for good reason.
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus doubles proliferate triggers, which means Tezzeret, Artifice Master's loyalty climbs twice as fast — getting to his ultimate becomes a realistic mid-game threat rather than a late-game pipe dream.
Saheeli, the Gifted
Saheeli, the Gifted reduces artifact costs and generates tokens, giving Tezzeret, Artifice Master both a stream of artifacts to trigger his draw ability and a mana advantage that offsets his five-mana price tag.
Sai, Master Thopterist
Sai, Master Thopterist produces a Thopter for every artifact cast, which directly accelerates Tezzeret, Artifice Master's passive draw trigger and keeps the board wide enough to pressure opponents while you accumulate card advantage.
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager runs Tezzeret, Artifice Master as a value engine in the Grixis shell — fewer synergies than the pure artifact builds, but five-mana planeswalkers that draw cards and make blockers slot cleanly into the midrange gameplan.
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 |
Commander is where Tezzeret, Artifice Master is genuinely powerful — artifact-heavy decks treat his static ability as a repeatable draw engine that comes stapled to a body that produces its own blockers, and five mana is easy to justify when your table games go long. In Oathbreaker he's a legal option but the format's faster pace makes the five-mana investment harder to defend. Modern and Pioneer allow him, but competitive artifact strategies in those formats want faster payoffs and his loyalty abilities don't close games quickly enough to see meaningful play. Legacy and Vintage are the same story — legal, irrelevant.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Time SieveMyr BattlesphereTeleportation CircleTezzeret, Artifice Master
Infinite turns; Lock
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Efficient Tezzeret, Artifice Master replacements are hard to find because the combination of token production, passive draw, and an achievable ultimate is unusual even at higher price points. Shimmer Dragon hits a similar draw-on-artifacts angle for around $0.50 and dodges the planeswalker vulnerability to removal, though it needs summoning sickness to clear and doesn't make tokens. Padeem, Consul of Innovation is another sub-$1 option that draws cards off artifacts and protects them from opponents — it trades away the Thopter generation but plays better into a protection-focused artifact shell.
Price Context
Current price
$6.49 mid tier
At $6.49, Tezzeret, Artifice Master sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include but cheap enough that artifact commanders can justify the slot without reworking their budget. The price is fair for the effect and hasn't shown signs of significant movement given steady Commander demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.