Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter card image

Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter: Legendary Artifact Creature - Thopter, The Brothers' War. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Artifact Creature - Thopter
Colour identity
Colourless
Power / toughness
1/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Brothers' War (BRO)
Released
2022-11-18
Collector number
237
Artist
Ekaterina Burmak
Commander rank
1,260 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash, Flying
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless legendary artifact creature from The Brothers' War (BRO), an expansion set released in November 2022. It is collector number 237 in that set, with art by Ekaterina Burmak. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/2 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $7.54 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flash

Flying

You may cast colorless spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.

Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $7.54 (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 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2286Rare2025
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #105818Rare2023
The Brothers' War (BRO) #364Rare2022
The Brothers' War Promos (PBRO) #237pRare2022
The Brothers' War Promos (PBRO) #237sRare2022

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter, newest first.

  • The last ability cares only about the amount of mana that was actually spent to cast the spell, regardless of its mana cost.
  • The third ability applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery."

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