Surge Engine

The Brothers' War • #320 • mythic

Artifact Creature — Construct |

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Live Value $0.98

Foil Multiplier: 1.02x

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Printed 7 times LOW

Reprinted 7x historically, most recently in 2023 -- no dedicated reprint sets or recent activity.

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Surge Engine

The Brothers' War • #320 • mythic

Current Valuation

$0.98

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Rarity

mythic

Set Origin

BRO

Daily Shift

-1.01%

EDHREC Rank

#16,424

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Artifact Creature — Construct

Color Identity Blue

Power / Toughness 3 / 2

🖋️ Curator's Notes

Defender

: This creature loses defender and gains "This creature can't be blocked."

: This creature becomes blue and has base power and toughness 5/4. Activate only if this creature doesn't have defender.

: Draw three cards. Activate only if this creature is blue and only once.

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Official Judge Precedents

3 Precedents

2022-10-14

If a Surge Engine whose last ability has been activated leaves the battlefield and comes back, it's a new object on the battlefield and its last ability can be activated again (once it's blue, of course).

2022-10-14

Surge Engine's last ability can be activated only once per game, not once per turn.

2022-10-14

If Surge Engine loses defender in some way other than its first ability, its second ability may still be activated. Likewise, if it becomes blue in some way other than its second ability, its last ability may still be activated. Note that an effect that allows a creature to "attack as though it didn't have defender" doesn't actually cause it to lose defender.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2022-11-18

Set Name: The Brothers' War

Artist Reference: Daarken

Border Profile: black

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil

Promo Status boosterfun

Edition Status Original Printing