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Chief Engineer

Creature — Vedalken Artificer

$0.90

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$3.34

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2

Public decks

Chief Engineer
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Rules Text

Artifact spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting an artifact spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

An eye for detail, a mind for numbers, a soul of clockwork.

Card Facts

Mana value
2
Power / Toughness
1 / 3
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#7,110
Rarity
Rare

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Modern

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Penny Dreadful

Legal

Pioneer

Legal

TLR

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Jan 12, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.

  2. Jan 12, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.

  3. Jan 12, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.

  4. Jan 12, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.

  5. Jan 12, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.

  6. Jan 12, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.

  7. Jul 18, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast

    Multiple instances of convoke on a single spell are redundant.

Printings

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4 printings
Commander 2016
Commander 2016C16 · $0.89
Magic 2015
Magic 2015M15 · $0.90
Magic 2015 Promos
Magic 2015 PromosPM15 · $5.37
Magic Online Promos
Magic Online PromosPRM
Community

Decks using this card

2 public decks run Chief Engineer.


MTGCommanderB1

Doctapus Octapus

TheGentleman
TheGentleman1 year ago
800
MTGCommanderB2

Invent Superiority (Commander 2016 Preconstructed Deck)

WizardsOfTheCoast
WizardsOfTheCoast1 year ago
100