Marionette Master

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Marionette Master: Creature - Human Artificer, The Brothers' War Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Human Artificer
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
1/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Brothers' War Commander (BRC)
Released
2022-11-18
Collector number
109
Artist
James Ryman
Commander rank
1,517 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Fabricate

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About Marionette Master

Marionette Master is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from The Brothers' War Commander (BRC), a Commander product released in November 2022. It is collector number 109 in that set, with art by James Ryman. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to The Brothers' War Commander (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.14 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Fabricate 3 (When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on it or create three 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.)

Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to this creature's power.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.14 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Marionette Master 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 Marionette Master

Marionette Master has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #102Rare2021
Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #98Rare2020
Kaladesh (KLD) #90Rare2016
Kaladesh Promos (PKLD) #90sRare2016

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Marionette Master, newest first.

  • The amount of life lost is determined as Marionette Master's last ability resolves. If Marionette Master is no longer on the battlefield, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life is lost.
  • If you can't put +1/+1 counters on the creature for any reason as fabricate resolves (for instance, if it's no longer on the battlefield), you just create Servo tokens.
  • You choose whether to put +1/+1 counters on the creature or create Servo tokens as the fabricate ability is resolving. No player may take actions between the time you choose and the time that counters are added or tokens are created.
  • If Marionette Master's power is negative, the target opponent doesn't lose (or gain) life.
  • Fabricate doesn't cause the creature with the ability to enter the battlefield with +1/+1 counters already on it. For example, Weaponcraft Enthusiast will enter the battlefield as a 0/1 creature, then its fabricate ability goes on the stack. Players may take actions (such as casting instants) while the ability is waiting to resolve.
  • If Marionette Master and an artifact you control are put into a graveyard at the same time, Marionette Master's ability triggers.
  • Artifact tokens that are sacrificed or destroyed are put into their owner's graveyard before ceasing to exist. If you controlled the token, Marionette Master's last ability will trigger.

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