Smuggler's Copter
Smuggler's Copter: Artifact - Vehicle, Neon Dynasty Commander. Flying. Whenever this Vehicle attacks or blocks, you may draw a card. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact - Vehicle
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC)
- Released
- 2022-02-18
- Collector number
- 160
- Artist
- Florian de Gesincourt
- Commander rank
- 1,883 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Crew
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About Smuggler's Copter
Smuggler's Copter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC), a Commander product released in February 2022. It is collector number 160 in that set, with art by Florian de Gesincourt. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its power and toughness are 3/3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
Whenever this Vehicle attacks or blocks, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.31 (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 Smuggler's Copter 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 Smuggler's Copter
Smuggler's Copter has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA) #62 | Rare | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #KLD-235 | Rare | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #446 | Rare | 2022 |
| Kaladesh (KLD) #235 | Rare | 2016 |
| Kaladesh Promos (PKLD) #235s | Rare | 2016 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Smuggler's Copter, newest first.
- You may activate a crew ability of a Vehicle even if it's already an artifact creature. Doing so has no effect on the Vehicle. It doesn't change its power and toughness.
- If a permanent becomes a copy of a Vehicle, the copy won't be a creature, even if the Vehicle it's copying has become an artifact creature.
- If an effect causes a Vehicle to become an artifact creature with a specified power and toughness, that effect overwrites the Vehicle's printed power and toughness.
- Creatures that crew a Vehicle aren't attached to it or related in any other way. Effects that affect the Vehicle, such as by destroying it or giving it a +1/+1 counter, don't affect the creatures that crewed it.
- Each Vehicle is printed with a power and toughness, but it's not a creature. If it becomes a creature (most likely through its crew ability), it will have that power and toughness.
- Once a player announces that they are activating a crew ability, no player may take other actions until the ability has been paid for. Notably, players can't try to stop the ability by changing a creature's power or by removing or tapping a creature.
- Vehicle is an artifact type, not a creature type. A Vehicle that's crewed won't normally have any creature type.
- When a Vehicle becomes a creature, that doesn't count as having a creature enter the battlefield. The permanent was already on the battlefield; it only changed its types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield won't trigger.
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