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Skilled Animator

{2}{U}

Creature — Human Artificer

M19Core Set 2019#73uncommon
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 2 per booster–1 in 1422
Illustrator
Jason A. Engle
Found in
Magic Game Night Set · Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck Tezzeret · 4 more
Printings3CombosIn 8
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
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
When this creature enters, target artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 5/5 for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield.
1/3
Market · per finishspark updated 20m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-25.0%
$0.03
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.26
$0.05 low-$0.03 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.03· across 3 printings

Rulings

6 · latest Nov 10, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCNov 10, 2020

    Effects that modify a creature's power and/or toughness, such as the ones created by Titanic Growth or a +/1+1 counter, will apply to the creature no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for any counters that change its power and/or toughness and effects that switch power and toughness.

  • WotCNov 10, 2020

    If an Equipment becomes an artifact creature, it usually can't be attached to another creature. If it was attached to a creature, it becomes unattached.

  • WotCNov 10, 2020

    If the artifact was already a creature, its base power and toughness will each become 5. This overwrites any previous effects that set the creature's base power and toughness to specific values. Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply after Skilled Animator's ability resolves will overwrite this effect.

  • WotCNov 10, 2020

    Skilled Animator doesn't remove any abilities the target artifact has.

  • WotCNov 10, 2020

    The artifact retains any types, subtypes, or supertypes it has.

  • WotCNov 10, 2020

    The resulting artifact creature will be able to attack on your turn if it's been under your control continuously since the turn began. That is, it doesn't matter how long it's been a creature, just how long it's been on the battlefield.