First printed in Mirrodin (2003)

All 9 prints

Foundations Commander (FDC) #274, 2026
Double Masters (2XM) #277, 2020
The List (PLST) #CM2-203, 2019
Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #203, 2018
Commander 2016 (C16) #264, 2016
Commander 2014 (C14) #255, 2014
Modern Masters (MMA) #210, 2013
Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia (TD2) #7, 2011 (digital)
Mirrodin (MRD) #215, 2003

Myr Retriever

Artifact Creature — Myr

When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Mephidross gives up treasure easily . . . as long as you take its place.

1/1

Illustrated by: Trevor Hairsine

Legality

Legal in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Ruling (1)

2020-08-07 If Myr Retriever dies at the same time as another artifact you own, its ability can target that other artifact card.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Combos

299 combos, the most popular first:

Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Foundry Inspector + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler
Infinite blinking of some artifacts, Infinite colorless mana…: Junk Diver + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler + Sol Ring
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Foundry Inspector + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Cloud Key + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Jhoira's Familiar + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Etherium Sculptor + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Cloud Key + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite colorless mana…: Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Sai, Master Thopterist + Scrap Trawler
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Jhoira's Familiar + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Glaring Fleshraker + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler

See all 299 on Commander Spellbook

Pauper In 9 of 1882 decks (0.5%), most in UBRG (unclassified)

Share of decks

0.6%

▼ 0.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

12 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

47%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UBRG (unclassified)	1.0%	5%
BG (unclassified)	0.9%	35%
BRG (unclassified)	0.2%	67%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Ashnod's Altar	100%	164.3
Candy Trail	92%	32.9
Conduit Pylons	92%	22.3
Expedition Map	92%	17.6
Urza's Mine	92%	17.4
Urza's Tower	92%	17.4
Urza's Power Plant	92%	17.4
Malevolent Rumble	92%	10.8
Giant's Boulder	92%	9.6
Myr Kinsmith	83%	164.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
BG Joan Camps Fernandez in the300	4-4 50%
BRG Max COLINOT in the300	3-4 43%
BG Thomas Dumoulin in the300	2-3 40%
BG Charles Wickham in the300	2-4 33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BG Abisd94, 5 Oct	4 main	5-0
BG Joan Camps Fernandez, 4 Oct	4 main	#99 of 258 4-4
BRG Max COLINOT, 4 Oct	4 main	#145 of 258 3-4
BG Thomas Dumoulin, 4 Oct	4 main	#154 of 258 2-3
BG Charles Wickham, 4 Oct	4 main	#209 of 258 2-4
BRG Carreaux baptiste, 4 Oct	4 main	#215 of 258 1-2
BG Sylvain Leucat, 4 Oct	4 main	#247 of 258 0-4
UBRG Noether, 3 Oct	4 main	#8 (top 8) of 23 2-2

Commander In 12 of 6550 decks (0.2%), most in Jhoira, Ageless Innovator