Darksteel Splicer

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Darksteel Splicer: Creature - Phyrexian Artificer, March of the Machine Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{6}{W}
Mana value
7
Type
Creature - Phyrexian Artificer
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
13
Artist
Steven Belledin
Commander rank
6,631 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Darksteel Splicer

Darksteel Splicer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 13 in that set, with art by Steven Belledin. It costs {6}{W} (six generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. March of the Machine Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.80 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever this creature or another nontoken Phyrexian you control enters, create X 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature tokens, where X is the number of opponents you have.

Golems you control have indestructible.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.80 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Darksteel Splicer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Darksteel Splicer

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #100Rare2023

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Darksteel Splicer.

  • Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a Golem you control may become lethal if Darksteel Splicer leaves the battlefield during that turn.

Similar cards

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Darksteel Splicer is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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