First printed in Aether Revolt (2017)
Creature — Vedalken Artificer
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for 
.)
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
"This armor transcends the limitations of mere flesh and bone."
4/4
- Illustrated by
- Tony Foti
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (8)
- Improvise can’t be used to pay for anything other than the cost of casting the spell. For example, it can’t be used during the resolution of an ability that says “Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.” - Equipment attached to a creature doesn’t become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn’t cause the creature to become tapped.
- 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. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.
- Tapping an artifact won’t cause its abilities to stop applying unless those abilities say so.
- Improvise can’t pay for
, 
, 
, 
, 
, or 
mana symbols in a spell’s total cost. - If an artifact you control has a mana ability with
in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with improvise will result in the artifact being tapped when you pay the spell’s costs. You won’t be able to tap it again for improvise. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with improvise, that artifact won’t be on the battlefield when you pay the spell’s costs, so you won’t be able to tap it for improvise. - Because improvise isn’t an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
- Improvise doesn’t change a spell’s mana cost or mana value.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).