Animate Artifact Price
13 printings · 12 sets · first printed 1993
Animate Artifact has been printed 13 times across 12 sets, first in 1993 and most recently in 2022. Right now the cheapest printing is Revised Edition #48 at $0.24, while the most expensive is Limited Edition Alpha #48 at $65.33 — about 272× more. The median across 8 priced printings is $2.55. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 13x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Masters Edition IV).
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Every Animate Artifact Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Edition #48 (U) Cheapest | 1994 | $0.24 | — |
| Fourth Edition #60 (U) | 1995 | $0.25 | — |
| Collectors' Edition #49 (U) | 1993 | $1.25 | $0.25 |
| Intl. Collectors' Edition #49 (U) | 1993 | $2.38 | $0.25 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #48 (U) | 2022 | $2.72 | $0.50 |
| Unlimited Edition #49 (U) | 1993 | $5.89 | — |
| Limited Edition Beta #49 (U) | 1993 | $12.43 | $6.00 |
| Limited Edition Alpha #48 (U) | 1993 | $65.33 | $57.00 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #345 (U) | 2022 | — | $14.00 |
| Masters Edition IV #38 (U) | 2011 | — | — |
| Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #60 (U) | 1995 | — | — |
| Summer Magic / Edgar #48 (U) | 1994 | — | — |
| Foreign Black Border #48 (U) | 1994 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
As long as enchanted artifact isn't a creature, it's an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 13 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
2 PrecedentsThis card has been returned to its original functionality. If it is enchanting an artifact that's already a creature, it won't change its power and toughness.
A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its 
abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.