Sydri, Galvanic Genius

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Sydri, Galvanic Genius: Legendary Creature - Human Artificer, Commander 2016. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}{U}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
Colour identity
White, blue and black (WUB)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander 2016 (C16)
Released
2016-11-11
Collector number
224
Artist
Terese Nielsen
Commander rank
14,994 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Sydri, Galvanic Genius

Sydri, Galvanic Genius is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, blue and black legendary creature from Commander 2016 (C16), a Commander product released in November 2016. It is collector number 224 in that set, with art by Terese Nielsen. It costs {W}{U}{B} (one white, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2013 (2013) to Commander 2016 (2016). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.83 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{U}: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn.

{W}{B}: Target artifact creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.83 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Sydri, Galvanic Genius by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Sydri, Galvanic Genius

Sydri, Galvanic Genius has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2013 (C13) #220Mythic2013
Commander 2013 Oversized (OC13) #220Mythic2013

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Sydri, Galvanic Genius, newest first.

  • A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn’t matter how long the permanent has been a creature.
  • If an Equipment attached to a creature becomes a creature, it becomes unattached. An Equipment that is also a creature can’t equip another creature.
  • If the noncreature artifact had any other supertypes, types, or subtypes, it will keep those. In most cases, the artifact creature won’t have any creature types.
  • Multiple instances of deathtouch or lifelink on the same creature are redundant.

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