Mechanical Mobster
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Type
- Artifact Creature — Human Robot Villain
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 1
- Set
- Through the Omenpaths #163 (common)
When this creature enters, exile up to one target card from a graveyard. Target creature you control connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
Mechanical Mobster has 2 printings, first in Marvel's Spider-Man (2025). EDHREC ranks it #14,645 among Commander cards. It appears most in Doctor Octopus, Master Planner decks (797 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Mechanical Mobster most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Doctor Octopus, Master Planner: 797 decks
- Prowler, Clawed Thief: 266 decks
- Mysterio, Master of Illusion: 161 decks
- Venom, Eddie Brock: 118 decks
- Madame Hydra: 58 decks
- Doc Ock, Sinister Scientist: 41 decks
- Vulture, Scheming Scavenger: 32 decks
- Tombstone, Career Criminal: 19 decks
Often played with Mechanical Mobster
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. If you discard a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything. Abilities that trigger "when [that creature] connives" will trigger.
- : If no card is discarded, most likely because that player's hand is empty and an effect says they can't draw cards, the conniving creature does not receive a +1/+1 counter.
- : Once an ability that causes a creature to connive begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the conniving creature after you discard a nonland card but before it receives a counter.