Foundry Inspector
Artifact Creature — Construct
BRRThe Brothers' War Retro Artifacts#16uncommon
Automaton inspectors ensure that the Consulate's stringent standards for mass production are upheld.
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1997
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 22–1392
- Illustrator
- Jason A. Engle
- Found in
- The Brothers' War Collector Booster Pack · The Brothers' War Collector Booster Sample Pack · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Artifact spells you cast cost 
less to cast.
3/2 less to cast.Plays as:
Cost Reducer
Market · per finishspark updated 44m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
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Buy
Nonfoil
$0.76
-8.4%
Since Feb 2024:H $1.09L $0.10$0.21
$0.30
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Foil
$0.60
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Since Feb 2024:H $0.61L $0.25$0.40
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Rulings
2 · latest Sep 20, 2016
- WotCSep 20, 2016
If an artifact spell has
in its mana cost, choose the value for X first, and then reduce the cost by . For example, an artifact that costs with X chosen as 4 costs to cast if you control Foundry Inspector. - WotCSep 20, 2016
Once a player has announced an artifact spell, no player may take actions to try to remove Foundry Inspector from the battlefield before that spell's cost is locked in.