Architect of the Untamed
~$0.13 low · ~$0.72 high
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Green. Creature — Elf Artificer Druid

Aetherdrift Commander #108 · Illustrated by Sara Winters
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Oracle text
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you get (an energy counter).
Pay eight : Create a 6/6 colorless Beast artifact creature token.
2/3
Next to her designs, life seems like a pale imitation.
Format legality
All 3 printings of Architect of the Untamed
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aetherdrift Commander drc #108· 2025rare· Cardmarket €0.13 | rare | $0.23 | No foil printing | €0.13 | |
Kaladesh kld #143· 2016rare· Cardmarket €0.10 · €0.28 foil | rare | $0.13 | $0.24 | €0.10€0.28 foil | |
Kaladesh Promos pkld #143s· 2016Promorare· Cardmarket €0.72 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $0.72 | €0.72 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2016
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #9,156 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Landfall
- Artist
- Sara Winters
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Aetherdrift Commander card (#108).
0108 · DRC · R · EN
- 0108Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- DRCSet code for Aetherdrift Commander
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (12)
June 7, 2024
If an effect says you get one or more
, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more
, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
June 7, 2024
Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of
. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of
as the ability resolves.
June 7, 2024
Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
June 7, 2024
Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of
describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
June 7, 2024
Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
June 7, 2024
is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
June 7, 2024
Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
June 7, 2024
If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of
, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any
even if you want to.
June 7, 2024
Some spells and abilities that give you
may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any
.
November 8, 2024
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
November 8, 2024
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
November 8, 2024
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
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