Mechanized Warfare
Mechanized Warfare: Enchantment, The Brothers' War. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War (BRO)
- Released
- 2022-11-18
- Collector number
- 139
- Artist
- Robin Olausson
- Commander rank
- 4,159 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Mechanized Warfare
Mechanized Warfare is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red enchantment from The Brothers' War (BRO), an expansion set released in November 2022. It is collector number 139 in that set, with art by Robin Olausson. It costs {1}{R}{R} (one generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.90 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
If a red or artifact source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 1 instead.
First the automatons reinforced depleted squads. Then they replaced them entirely.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.90 (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 Mechanized Warfare 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 |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Mechanized Warfare
Mechanized Warfare has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #105738 | Rare | 2023 |
| The Brothers' War (BRO) #338 | Rare | 2022 |
| The Brothers' War Promos (PBRO) #139p | Rare | 2022 |
| The Brothers' War Promos (PBRO) #139s | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Mechanized Warfare, newest first.
- If damage dealt by a red or artifact source you control is being divided or assigned among multiple opponents and/or permanents opponents' control, divide the original amount before adding 1. For example, if you cast a red spell that deals 4 damage divided among any number of targets and you choose to have it deal 2 damage to a creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller, that spell will deal 3 damage to each of them instead.
- If another effect modifies how much damage a source would deal to an opponent or a permanent they control, including preventing some of it, the player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses an order in which to apply those effects. If all of the damage is prevented, Mechanized Warfare's effect no longer applies.
- The additional 1 damage is dealt by the original source of damage. The additional damage isn't dealt by Mechanized Warfare.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.