Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
MBS · mythic · Released 2011-02-04
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
meaningful alone
needs a shell
can take over a game
multiple modes
broadly useful
hard to remove
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Rationale
4cmc UB planeswalker that tutors artifacts with its +1 (top-5 dig), animates artifacts to 5/5 creatures with its -1, and drains/gains life at -4 scaling with artifact count. Signature in artifact-matters shells where the +1 is a consistent tutor engine and the -4 can end games with sufficient board. The -1 gives immediate board impact by threatening to turn any artifact into a 5/5 attacker, making it a removal magnet in artifact-heavy lists.
Learnings (3)
The -1 animation (artifact becomes 5/5 creature) is a base P/T override — it will override an artifact's existing P/T but does NOT grant haste, so the animated artifact can be blocked or removed before it attacks.
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The +1 looks at the top 5 and puts the rest on the bottom in ANY order, providing meaningful deck manipulation beyond just tutoring — in artifact-light draws, sculpting future draws is often correct.
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The -4 scales with ALL artifacts you control, including artifact creatures and mana rocks, making it a surprise game-winner in artifact-heavy boards even without a dedicated life-drain strategy.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #13,847