Magmakin Artillerist
Magmakin Artillerist: Creature - Elemental Pirate, Aetherdrift. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Elemental Pirate
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 1/4
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Aetherdrift (DFT)
- Released
- 2025-02-14
- Collector number
- 137
- Artist
- Madeline Boni
- Keywords
- Cycling
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About Magmakin Artillerist
Magmakin Artillerist is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red creature from Aetherdrift (DFT), an expansion set released in February 2025. It is collector number 137 in that set, with art by Madeline Boni. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/4 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Aetherdrift is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Whenever you discard one or more cards, this creature deals that much damage to each opponent.
Cycling {1}{R} ({1}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (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 Magmakin Artillerist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Magmakin Artillerist, newest first.
- You can cycle a card even if it has a triggered ability from cycling that won’t have a legal target. This is because the cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. This also means that if either ability is countered (with Disallow, for example), the other ability will still resolve.
- Some cards with cycling have an ability that triggers when you cycle them, and some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card or discard any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.
- Triggered abilities from cycling a card and the cycling ability itself aren’t spells. Effects that interact with spells (such as that of Cancel) won’t affect them.
Similar cards
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