Whir of Invention

Secret Lair Drop · #311 · rare · EN

$8.98 · Foil $9.42

cheapest of 18 store offers · see all

market $9.92 · Foil $11.10

Mana cost: {X}{U}{U}{U}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Tutor

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Artist: Tyler Walpole

Released: 2021-06-21

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $9.92
  • TCGplayer foil: $11.10
  • Cardmarket: €9.15
  • Cardmarket foil: €13.71
  • MTGO tix: 0
$11.18$8.33
233 days of daily prices for Whir of Invention: $8.76 to $9.92
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 233 days tracked · $8.76 → $9.92 (+13%) · low $8.33 · high $11.18
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$8.98today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$9.42today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$9.75today
Face To Face GamesNM · todayNMregularCA$13.99today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€9.15today
Card KingdomSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil$10.393 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$10.50today
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€9.953 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$11.41today
Card KingdomNM · foil · 3 days agoNMfoil$12.993 days ago
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€13.113 days ago
CardTraderNM · foil · 3 days agoNMfoil€13.163 days ago

Truncated: 6 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 18 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 5 lists
  • 7 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Whir of Invention

USD · low $5.14 · high $65.96

Set#RarityUSD
Special Guests#96 · mythic96mythic$65.96 foil
Special Guests#86 · mythic86mythic$9.15
The List#AER-49 · rareAER-49rare$5.84
Secret Lair Drop#311 · rare311rare$9.92
Kaladesh Remastered#73 · rare73rare—
Aether Revolt Promos#49p · rare49prare$6.79
Aether Revolt Promos#49s · rare49srare$18.77 foil
Aether Revolt#49 · rare49rare$5.14