Inventors' Fair
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Rulings (4)
Sep 20, 2016 · No player may take actions in a turn before Inventors' Fair's triggered ability checks to see if it should trigger. If you don't control three or more artifacts, it won't trigger.
Sep 20, 2016 · If you control three artifacts as the ability resolves, you gain 1 life. The artifacts you control as the ability resolves don't have to be the same ones you controlled as it triggered. If you don't control three artifacts at that time, you won't gain life.
Sep 20, 2016 · When using Inventors' Fair's activated ability, the number of artifacts you control is checked only as you activate it. It's not checked again as the ability resolves.
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Inclusion by archetype
| Archetype | Format | Inclusion | Copies | Decks (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zirda, the Dawnwaker | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 2 |
| Iron Man, Titan of Innovation | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 1 |
| Jhoira, Ageless Innovator | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 1 |
| The Cabbage Merchant | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 1 |
| Sphere Shops | Vintage | 93.7% | 1× | 63 |
| PO | Vintage | 92.3% | 1× | 13 |
| Raker Shops | Vintage | 25% | 1× | 80 |
| Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy | cEDH | 7.1% | 1× | 14 |