Era of Innovation

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Era of Innovation: Enchantment, Aetherdrift Commander. Whenever an artifact or Artificer you control enters, you may pay 1. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
Released
2025-02-14
Collector number
75
Artist
Jason Rainville
Commander rank
7,323 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Era of Innovation

Era of Innovation is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue enchantment from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 75 in that set, with art by Jason Rainville. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever an artifact or Artificer you control enters, you may pay {1}. If you do, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters).

Pay six {E}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Draw three cards.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (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 Era of Innovation by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Era of Innovation

Era of Innovation has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #183Uncommon2024
Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #47Uncommon2020
Kaladesh (KLD) #45Uncommon2016

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Era of Innovation, newest first.

  • Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
  • Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
  • Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
  • Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
  • Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of {E} as the ability resolves.
  • {E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
  • If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
  • Some spells and abilities that give you {E} may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any {E}.

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