Craft
| Craft | |
|---|---|
| Ability Word | |
| Introduced | The Lost Caverns of Ixalan |
| Last used | The Lost Caverns of Ixalan |
| Typical Text | Craft — with [...] [Cost] Exile this artifact, Exile [..] you control or a [...] card from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner’s control. Craft only as a sorcery. |
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| keyword:"Craft" | |
Craft is an ability word introduced in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.[1][2]
Description
Craft is a new way to transform artifacts. By paying a mana cost and exiling permanents you control from the battlefield and / or from your graveyard with specified qualities, artifacts can transform into more powerful permanents.
As with previous transforming double-faced cards, you always cast the front face of these cards (that's the face with the craft ability), and they always enter with that face up unless something specifically says they enter transformed, such as the craft ability.
To activate a craft ability, you need to do three things: exile the permanent with craft, exile the specified materials, and pay some mana. The materials are other permanents you control and/or cards from your graveyard and are described in the craft ability itself — for example, "craft with artifact" means exile an artifact you control other than the permanent with craft or exile an artifact card from your graveyard. As the craft ability resolves, the card with craft will return to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control.
If a craft ability requires multiple materials, you can exile some from among permanents you control and the rest from among cards in your graveyard.
Materials to craft with
| Craft with | Example |
|---|---|
| Artifact | Idol of the Deep King |
| Nonlands with activated abilities | The Enigma Jewel |
| A Dinosaur, a Merfolk, a Pirate, and a Vampire | Throne of the Grim Captain |
Examples
Example
Spring-Loaded Sawblades 
Artifact
Flash
When Spring-Loaded Sawblades enters the battlefield, it deals 5 damage to target tapped creature an opponent controls.
Craft with artifact 
(, Exile this artifact, Exile another artifact you control or an artifact card from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner’s control. Craft only as a sorcery.
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Bladewheel Chariot
Artifact — Vehicle
Tap two other untapped artifacts you control: Bladewheel Chariot becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.
Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.))
Rulings
References
- ↑ Matt Tabak (October 24, 2023). "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Mechanics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 24, 2023). "Going Underground, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.