Grand Architect
Creature — Vedalken Artificer
SOMScars of Mirrodin#33rare
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster–1 in 1793
- Illustrator
- Steven Belledin
- Found in
- 2012 Core Set Event Deck Illusionary Might · Scars of Mirrodin MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn.
Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add 
. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
1/3: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn.
Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add . Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.Plays as:
Anthem
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Rulings
3 · latest Aug 7, 2020
- WotCAug 7, 2020
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a blue creature you control may become lethal if Grand Architect leaves the battlefield during that turn.
- WotCAug 7, 2020
Grand Architect's second ability causes the affected artifact creature to lose any other colors it has, but it doesn't cause it to stop being an artifact.
- WotCAug 7, 2020
You can tap any untapped blue creature you control, including one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn, to pay the cost of Grand Architect's mana ability. This includes Grand Architect itself.