Master Transmuter
Master Transmuter: Artifact Creature - Human Artificer, Foundations Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Human Artificer
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 1/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Commander (FDC)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 67
- Artist
- Chippy
- Commander rank
- 2,437 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Master Transmuter
Master Transmuter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue artifact creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 67 in that set, with art by Chippy. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 1/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Conflux (2009) to Foundations Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
{U}, {T}, Return an artifact you control to its owner's hand: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield.
"Wasted potential surrounds us. Lend me that bauble, and let me see what it can be made to be."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.17 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Master Transmuter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Master Transmuter
Master Transmuter has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #87 | Rare | 2022 |
| Double Masters (2XM) #58 | Rare | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #CON-31 | Rare | 2019 |
| Archenemy (ARC) #7 | Rare | 2010 |
| Conflux (CON) #31 | Rare | 2009 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Master Transmuter, newest first.
- Master Transmuter can be returned to its owner's hand to pay the cost of its activated ability.
- The artifact card you put onto the battlefield when the ability resolves may be the same card that you returned to your hand when you paid the cost. If so, it returns to the battlefield as a new object with no relation to its previous existence.
Similar cards
Other artifact creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Master Transmuter is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.