Dispatch Dispensary
~$0.16 low · ~$1.50 high
Colorless. Artifact — Contraption
Unstable #176 · Illustrated by Ralph Horsley
Unstable #176 · Illustrated by Ralph HorsleyWhat is Dispatch Dispensary worth?
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Oracle text
Whenever you crank this Contraption, create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token with menace.
Format legality
The only printing of Dispatch Dispensary
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Unstable ust #176· 2017Borderlessuncommon· Cardmarket €0.08 · €0.73 foil | uncommon | $0.16 | $1.50 | €0.08€0.73 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 0
- Artist
- Ralph Horsley
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Unstable card (#176).
176 · U · EN
- 176Collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Dispatch Dispensary, read from the Unstable printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Dispatch Dispensary. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Type line
- Artifact is the card type. Contraption is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Illustration
- By Ralph Horsley. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Unstable. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 176 = collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- Rarity letter
- U = uncommon
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Ralph Horsley, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (12)
2018-01-19
Any Contraption that's on the battlefield and wasn't assembled immediately heads to the scrapyard. However, if it's a not an actual Contraption card (like Copy Artifact isn't), it goes to your graveyard as normal. Non-Contraption cards can't be in the scrapyard.
2018-01-19
If you or a permanent you control assembles a Contraption and your Contraption deck is empty, nothing happens. You don't lose the game.
2018-01-19
Contraptions aren't put into your main deck. They go into a separate deck called the Contraption deck.
2018-01-19
In Constructed formats, a Contraption deck must have at least fifteen different Contraption cards and no more than one of each.
2018-01-19
In silver-bordered games using Contraptions, you have three sprockets, illustrated on the back of Contraption cards. At the start of the game, put a CRANK! counter on sprocket 3.
2018-01-19
In Limited formats, a Contraption deck may include any number of Contraption cards in your card pool. You don't have to include every Contraption card you draft or open in sealed deck. In those formats, your Contraption deck may include duplicates.
2018-01-19
Contraptions are artifacts. Anything that interacts with artifacts will interact with Contraptions.
2018-01-19
While Contraptions you control are on the battlefield, the Contraption deck is not, even if you are using it to signify the three sprockets.
2018-01-19
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control any Contraptions, move the CRANK! counter to the next sprocket. You may then crank any number of Contraptions on that sprocket, causing their abilities to trigger. Cranking a Contraption is always optional.
2018-01-19
If you or a permanent you control are instructed to assemble a Contraption, reveal the top card of your Contraption deck. Put it onto the battlefield on one of the three sprockets.
2018-01-19
If you crank multiple Contraptions, their abilities can be put onto the stack in any order. The ability put onto the stack will resolve first.
2018-01-19
If a Contraption would leave the battlefield and go to any zone other than exile, it instead goes to the scrapyard, the Contraption deck's version of the graveyard. Things that affect the graveyard do not affect the scrapyard. You can exile Contraptions just fine.
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