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Toymaker

Artifact Creature — Spellshaper

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn. (It retains its abilities.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$0.24
EDHREC rank
#19236
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Toymaker card art
Toymaker turns any artifact into a Construct creature on the spot — the combo upside with Voltaic Construct is real, and the flexibility to animate blockers or combo pieces at instant speed is genuinely useful. The cost is a two-mana equip every time you want the effect, which adds up fast in non-combo shells.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Toymaker is a Commander card through and through — the format's artifact-heavy builds, longer game lengths, and combo-friendly environment give it every condition it needs to matter. Legacy and Vintage permit it, but the effect is too slow and too narrow to compete there. Anywhere Toymaker is legal outside Commander, it's irrelevant.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.24 bulk tier

At $0.24, Toymaker is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in without thinking about it. Combo demand could push it slightly, but niche equipment with a narrow use case rarely climbs far.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.