Thopter Engineer
Thopter Engineer: Creature - Human Artificer, Bloomburrow Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Human Artificer
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 1/3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow Commander (BLC)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 204
- Artist
- Steve Prescott
- Commander rank
- 7,545 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Thopter Engineer
Thopter Engineer is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red creature from Bloomburrow Commander (BLC), a Commander product released in August 2024. It is collector number 204 in that set, with art by Steve Prescott. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Magic Origins (2015) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Artifact creatures you control have haste. (They can attack and {T} as soon as they come under your control.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Thopter Engineer 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 Thopter Engineer
Thopter Engineer has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #344 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #ORI-165 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #181 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Double Masters (2XM) #147 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Commander 2018 (C18) #126 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Magic Origins (ORI) #165 | Uncommon | 2015 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Thopter Engineer is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.