Garbage Elemental
~$0.71 TCGplayer
Red. Creature — Elemental Rigger
Unstable #82b · Illustrated by Hector Ortiz
Unstable #82b · Illustrated by Hector OrtizWhat is Garbage Elemental worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
When this creature enters, it assembles a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
3/1
Format legality
The only printing of Garbage Elemental
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Unstable ust #82b· 2017uncommon· Cardmarket €0.46 · €20.27 foil | uncommon | $0.71 | — | €0.46€20.27 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 5
- Keywords
- Assemble, Undying
- Artist
- Hector Ortiz
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Unstable card (#82b).
82b · U · EN
- 82bCollector 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 Garbage Elemental, read from the Unstable printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Garbage Elemental. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 5: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Elemental and Rigger are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Power / toughness
- 3/1: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Hector Ortiz. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Unstable. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 82b = 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
- Hector Ortiz, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- AssembleCR 701.45
- Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
- UndyingCR 702.93
- When it dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters, it returns with a +1/+1 counter.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
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