Chief Engineer Price
4 printings · 4 sets · first printed 2014
Chief Engineer has been printed 4 times across 4 sets, first in 2014 and most recently in 2016. Right now the cheapest printing is Commander 2016 #86 at $0.89, while the most expensive is Magic 2015 Promos #47 at $5.61 — about 6× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.90. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 4x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Commander 2016).
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Every Chief Engineer Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander 2016 #86 (R) Cheapest | 2016 | $0.89 | $0.60 |
| Magic 2015 #47 (R) | 2014 | $0.90 | $0.60 |
| Magic 2015 Promos #47 (R) Foil | 2014 | $5.61 | — |
| Magic Online Promos #53824 (R) Foil | 2015 | — | — |
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.
or one mana of that creature's color.)Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
7 PrecedentsMultiple instances of convoke on a single spell are redundant.
Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
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.
Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
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.
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.