Artifact payoffs
Cards that reward an artifact-heavy board: cost reduction, card draw per artifact, and the finishers that scale with how much metal you control.
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| Card | Cost | Type | What it does | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Storm-Kiln Artist | {3}{R} | Creature — Dwarf Shaman | This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") | $1.61 |
| 2 | Mox Opal | {0} | Legendary Artifact | Metalcraft — {T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts. | $241.08 |
| 3 | Inventors' Fair | Legendary Land | At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activa… | $19.39 | |
| 4 | Dispatch | {W} | Instant | Tap target creature. Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature. | $0.33 |
| 5 | Puresteel Paladin | {W}{W} | Creature — Human Knight | Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may draw a card. Metalcraft — Equipment you control have equip {0} as long as you control three or more artifacts. | $2.24 |
| 6 | Emry, Lurker of the Loch | {2}{U} | Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard | Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) When Emry enters, mill four cards. {T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. … | $0.57 |
| 7 | All That Glitters | {1}{W} | Enchantment — Aura | Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control. | $0.85 |
| 8 | Thought Monitor | {6}{U} | Artifact Creature — Construct | Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Flying When this creature enters, draw two cards. | $0.28 |
| 9 | Hellkite Tyrant | {4}{R}{R} | Creature — Dragon | Flying, trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts that player controls. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, you win the game. | $4.27 |
| 10 | Urza, Lord High Artificer | {2}{U}{U} | Legendary Creature — Human Artificer | When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control." Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}. {5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Unt… | $16.50 |
| 11 | Steel Overseer | {2} | Artifact Creature — Construct | {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature you control. | $0.29 |
| 12 | Sai, Master Thopterist | {2}{U} | Legendary Creature — Human Artificer | Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. {1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card. | $0.71 |
| 13 | Thopter Spy Network | {2}{U}{U} | Enchantment | At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control an artifact, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card. | $0.45 |
| 14 | Thoughtcast | {4}{U} | Sorcery | Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards. | $3.37 |
| 15 | Mechanized Production | {2}{U}{U} | Enchantment — Aura | Enchant artifact you control At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of enchanted artifact. Then if you control eight or more artifacts with the same name as one another, you win the game. | $2.92 |
| 16 | Nettlecyst | {3} | Artifact — Equipment | Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control. Equip {2} | $4.23 |
| 17 | Tezzeret, Cruel Captain | {3} | Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret | Whenever an artifact you control enters, put a loyalty counter on Tezzeret. 0: Untap target artifact or creature. If it's an artifact creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it. −3: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or … | $21.17 |
| 18 | Krark-Clan Ironworks | {4} | Artifact | Sacrifice an artifact: Add {C}{C}. | $16.71 |
| 19 | Marionette Master | {4}{B}{B} | Creature — Human Artificer | Fabricate 3 (When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on it or create three 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.) Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent loses li… | $3.10 |
| 20 | Metalwork Colossus | {11} | Artifact Creature — Construct | This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total mana value of noncreature artifacts you control. Sacrifice two artifacts: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. | $0.36 |
| 21 | Simulacrum Synthesizer | {2}{U} | Artifact | When this artifact enters, scry 2. Whenever another artifact you control with mana value 3 or greater enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control." | $25.11 |
| 22 | Tezzeret the Seeker | {3}{U}{U} | Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret | +1: Untap up to two target artifacts. −X: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. −5: Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/… | $25.64 |
| 23 | Ingenious Artillerist | {2}{R} | Creature — Human Artificer | Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, this creature deals that much damage to each opponent. | $2.48 |
| 24 | Uthros Research Craft | {2}{U} | Artifact — Spacecraft | Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 12+.) 3+ | Whenever you cast an artifact spell, draw a card. Put a charge count… | $1.27 |
| 25 | Bronze Guardian | {4}{W} | Artifact Creature — Golem | Double strike Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) Other artifacts you control have ward {2}. Bronze Guardian's power is equal to the num… | $1.49 |
| 26 | Adaptive Omnitool | {2} | Artifact — Equipment | Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control. Whenever equipped creature attacks, look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bot… | — |
| 27 | Master of Etherium | {2}{U} | Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard | Master of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control. Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1. | $0.71 |
| 28 | Karn, Legacy Reforged | {5} | Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem | Karn's power and toughness are each equal to the greatest mana value among artifacts you control. At the beginning of your upkeep, add {C} for each artifact you control. This mana can't be spent to cast nonartifact spells. Until end of t… | $19.32 |
| 29 | Kuldotha Forgemaster | {5} | Artifact Creature — Construct | {T}, Sacrifice three artifacts: Search your library for an artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. | $11.99 |
| 30 | Shimmer Dragon | {4}{U}{U} | Creature — Dragon | Flying As long as you control four or more artifacts, this creature has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Draw a card. | $0.35 |
30 of 951 cards the search scored for "payoffs for having lots of artifacts". Ordered by how much each card is played, among the cards that matched. Prices and legality come from Scryfall; the list was last refreshed on 2026-09-23.
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