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Sly Requisitioner

{4}{B}

Creature — Human Artificer

AERAether Revolt#72uncommon
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1087
Illustrator
Dan Murayama Scott
Found in
Aether Revolt MTGO Redemption · Aether Revolt MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings2CombosIn 16
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Whenever a nontoken artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.
2/2
Improvise

Plays as: Artifact Token Maker · Treasure Payoff · Creature Token Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.11
$0.03 low$0.02 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.76
$0.25 low$0.17 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.11· across 2 printings

Rulings

9 · latest Feb 9, 2017 · one tap opens all
  • WotCFeb 9, 2017

    Because improvise isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.

  • WotCFeb 9, 2017

    Equipment attached to a creature doesn't become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn't cause the creature to become tapped.

  • WotCFeb 9, 2017

    If Sly Requisitioner is put into a graveyard at the same time as a nontoken artifact you control, its ability triggers.

  • WotCFeb 9, 2017

    If an artifact you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with improvise will result in the artifact being tapped when you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for improvise. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with improvise, that artifact won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for improvise.

  • WotCFeb 9, 2017

    Improvise can't be used to pay for anything other than the cost of casting the spell. For example, it can't be used during the resolution of an ability that says "Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}."

  • WotCFeb 9, 2017

    Improvise can't pay for {W}, {U}, {B}, {R}, {G}, or {C} mana symbols in a spell's total cost.

  • WotCFeb 9, 2017

    Improvise doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.

  • WotCFeb 9, 2017

    Tapping an artifact won't cause its abilities to stop applying unless those abilities say so.

  • WotCFeb 9, 2017

    When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.