Grand Architect
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New PhyrexiaTD2 · #10
- Card type
- Creature — Vedalken Artificer
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- Price unavailable
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1. : Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn. Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add . Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Steven Belledin
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-05-14
Rulings
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a blue creature you control may become lethal if Grand Architect leaves the battlefield during that turn.
Grand Architect's second ability causes the affected artifact creature to lose any other colors it has, but it doesn't cause it to stop being an artifact.
You can tap any untapped blue creature you control, including one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn, to pay the cost of Grand Architect's mana ability. This includes Grand Architect itself.
