Oswald Fiddlebender
Oswald Fiddlebender: Legendary Creature - Gnome Artificer, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Gnome Artificer
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR)
- Released
- 2021-07-23
- Collector number
- 28
- Artist
- Steven Belledin
- Commander rank
- 2,873 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Oswald Fiddlebender
Oswald Fiddlebender is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white legendary creature from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR), an expansion set released in July 2021. It is collector number 28 in that set, with art by Steven Belledin. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Magical Tinkering - {W}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.
"Can't see this airship crashing in the near future. Sturdy as a rock."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.20 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Oswald Fiddlebender 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 |
Other printings of Oswald Fiddlebender
Oswald Fiddlebender has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #304 | Rare | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #28a | Rare | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #28p | Rare | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #28s | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Oswald Fiddlebender, newest first.
- An artifact's mana value is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner (unless that artifact is copying something else; see below). If its mana cost includes {X}, X is considered to be 0. If it has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's an animated land that's also an artifact, for example), its mana value is 0. Ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) paid when the artifact spell was cast.
- A token has a mana value of 0 unless it's copying something else.
- If an artifact is copying something else, its mana value is the mana value of whatever it's copying.
Similar cards
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