Tower Worker
Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #16498
Tower Worker is a 3/3 for three with reach and a conditional power boost — playable stats on a creature that trades up against flyers. Outside of Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant decks where high-power untapped creatures generate mana, it sits in the same shelf as Prize Pig: aggressively costed for Limited, irrelevant for Constructed.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant generates mana whenever a creature with power 4 or greater attacks untapped, and Tower Worker hits that threshold the moment another pump effect is on board — making it a cheap body that can contribute to the engine rather than just swing for damage.
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 |
Tower Worker is bulk in every Constructed format — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have redundant three-drops that do far more. Pauper is the one format where a 3/3 reach for three with upside can sneak into a green aggro shell, but even there it competes with better options. Commander is its natural home, and only narrowly: Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant is the one commander that actually wants Tower Worker on board, using it as a mana-generating attacker once its power climbs above three.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Prize PigPemmin's AuraMine WorkerPower Plant WorkerTower Worker
Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers
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Prize PigFreed from the RealMine WorkerPower Plant WorkerTower Worker
Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Tower Worker is bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. That price is stable because demand is essentially zero outside Tadeas lists, and bulk rares don't appreciate without a format breakout that isn't coming here.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.