Chief Engineer

Name
Chief Engineer

Mana Cost

Type
Creature — Vedalken Artificer

Set
Commander 2016

Rarity
Rare

Text

Artifact spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting an artifact spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)


Flavor Text

An eye for detail, a mind for numbers, a soul of clockwork.


Power/Toughness
1/3

Number
#86

Other Prints
Magic 2015
Magic 2015 Promos
Magic Online Promos

Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Pioneer | Vintage

Availability
Paper

Rulings

(18/07/2014)
Multiple instances of convoke on a single spell are redundant.


(12/01/2024)
If a creature you control has a mana ability with in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.


(12/01/2024)
When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.


(12/01/2024)
You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.


(12/01/2024)
Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.


(12/01/2024)
Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.


(12/01/2024)
Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.


Artist
Steven Belledin

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