Tinker
Tinker: Sorcery, Urza's Legacy. As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Legacy (ULG)
- Released
- 1999-02-15
- Collector number
- 45
- Artist
- Mike Raabe
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About Tinker
Tinker is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue sorcery from Urza's Legacy (ULG), an expansion set released in February 1999. It is collector number 45 in that set, with art by Mike Raabe. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Premodern. It is banned in Legacy, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It is restricted in Vintage. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Urza's Legacy (1999) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.79 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact.
Search your library for an artifact card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
"I wonder how it feels to be bored." -Jhoira, artificer
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.79 (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 Tinker by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Banned |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Restricted |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Banned |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| PreDH | Banned |
Other printings of Tinker
Tinker has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eternal Weekend (PEWK) #2024a | Mythic | 2024 |
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #176 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #ULG-45 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| From the Vault: Exiled (V09) #14 | Mythic | 2009 |
| World Championship Decks 2000 (WC00) #jf45 | Uncommon | 2000 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Tinker.
- Because the "search" requires you to find a card with certain characteristics, you don't have to find the card if you don't want to.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
Mentioned in these guides
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