Tinker
Mana cost {2}{U}.
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact.
Search your library for an artifact card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Tinker is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Legacy printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€3.49) · TCGplayer ($4.81) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €2.55 and €4.06 in that time.
How often Tinker is played
Tinker is maindecked in 1 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (1%), averaging 4.0 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 48 decks that can cast blue cards, 1 of them plays it (2%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Tinker
- MUD: Three mana plus an artifact puts any artifact from your library onto the battlefield. Tap Mind Stone or Thran Dynamo for mana first, then sacrifice it; it lands in the graveyard as a future Welder target. Stifle cannot touch Tinker, but counterspells and a Meddling Mage naming it can.
Tournament decks with Tinker
- MUD: 1st Place at Full Tapped - Summer Season (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Tinker
- Chronatog Stax (4×)
