First printed in Limited Edition Alpha (1993)
All 13 prints
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30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #345, 2022
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30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #48, 2022
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Masters Edition IV (ME4) #38, 2011 (digital)
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Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #60, 1995
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Fourth Edition (4ED) #60, 1995
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Summer Magic / Edgar (SUM) #48, 1994
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Revised Edition (3ED) #48, 1994
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Foreign Black Border (FBB) #48, 1994
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Collectors' Edition (CED) #49, 1993
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Intl. Collectors' Edition (CEI) #49, 1993
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Unlimited Edition (2ED) #49, 1993
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Limited Edition Beta (LEB) #49, 1993
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Limited Edition Alpha (LEA) #48, 1993
Animate Artifact 
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant artifact
As long as enchanted artifact isn't a creature, it's an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value.
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
Combos
13 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain triggers: Aetherflux Reservoir + Animate Artifact
- Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting…: Animate Artifact + Basalt Monolith + Unctus, Grand Metatect
- Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana…: Animate Artifact + Chromatic Orrery + Umbral Mantle
- Draw the game: Animate Artifact + Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Caged Sun
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Animate Artifact + Cauldron Familiar + Intruder Alarm + Witch's Oven
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Agatha of the Vile Cauldron + Animate Artifact + Candelabra of Tawnos + Staff of Domination
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Animate Artifact + Cauldron of Souls + Intruder Alarm + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Viscera Seer
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Animate Artifact + Carrion Feeder + Cauldron of Souls + Intruder Alarm + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Animate Artifact + Cauldron of Souls + Intruder Alarm + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Animate Artifact + Ashnod's Altar + Cauldron of Souls + Intruder Alarm + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Not legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Not legal
- Timeless Not legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Legal
- Premodern Legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Not legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Legal
- Tiny Leaders Not legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Not legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Not legal