---
name: "Animate Artifact"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "4ED"
set_name: "Fourth Edition"
collector_number: "60"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "2dd7a4dc-902a-4e85-8a3b-c96a898fba86"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/animate-artifact-4ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Animate Artifact
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant artifact
As long as enchanted artifact isn't a creature, it's an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ensoul Artifact](/printing/ensoul-artifact-ea1.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Mightstone's Animation](/printing/mightstones-animation-bro.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [A-Mightstone's Animation](/printing/a-mightstones-animation-bro.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Steal Artifact](/printing/steal-artifact-7ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Skilled Animator](/printing/skilled-animator-m19.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
6. [Karn's Touch](/printing/karns-touch-mmq.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition (4ED) #60
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`