Skilled Animator Price
3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2018
Skilled Animator has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2018 and most recently in 2022. Right now the cheapest printing is Core Set 2019 #73 at $0.06, while the most expensive is Commander Legends #98 at $0.17 — about 3× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.06. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like Jumpstart 2022, Commander Legends.
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Every Skilled Animator Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Set 2019 #73 (U) Cheapest | 2018 | $0.06 | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 #348 (U) | 2022 | $0.06 | — |
| Commander Legends #98 (U) | 2020 | $0.17 | — |
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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
6 PrecedentsSkilled Animator doesn't remove any abilities the target artifact has.
The resulting artifact creature will be able to attack on your turn if it's been under your control continuously since the turn began. That is, it doesn't matter how long it's been a creature, just how long it's been on the battlefield.
If an Equipment becomes an artifact creature, it usually can't be attached to another creature. If it was attached to a creature, it becomes unattached.
If the artifact was already a creature, its base power and toughness will each become 5. This overwrites any previous effects that set the creature's base power and toughness to specific values. Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply after Skilled Animator's ability resolves will overwrite this effect.
Effects that modify a creature's power and/or toughness, such as the ones created by Titanic Growth or a +/1+1 counter, will apply to the creature no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for any counters that change its power and/or toughness and effects that switch power and toughness.
The artifact retains any types, subtypes, or supertypes it has.