Gold-Forged Thopteryx
Gold-Forged Thopteryx: Artifact Creature - Dinosaur Thopter, March of the Machine: The Aftermath. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Dinosaur Thopter
- Colour identity
- White and blue (WU)
- Power / toughness
- 1/3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT)
- Released
- 2023-05-12
- Collector number
- 31
- Artist
- Titus Lunter
- Keywords
- Flying, Lifelink
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About Gold-Forged Thopteryx
Gold-Forged Thopteryx is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white and blue artifact creature from March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT), an expansion set released in May 2023. It is collector number 31 in that set, with art by Titus Lunter. It costs {W}{U} (one white and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is white and blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to March of the Machine: The Aftermath (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying, lifelink
Each legendary permanent you control has ward {2}. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
Worlds apart, Huatli built a device Saheeli would have been proud of.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.35 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Gold-Forged Thopteryx by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Gold-Forged Thopteryx
Gold-Forged Thopteryx has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MAT-31 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #131 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #211 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #81 | Uncommon | 2023 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Gold-Forged Thopteryx.
- Once a ward ability has triggered, causing that legendary permanent to lose ward by removing Gold-Forged Thopteryx won't affect that ability. The appropriate player will still have to pay {2} or see their spell or ability countered.
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