---
name: "Artificer's Assistant"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Scry", "Flying"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "DOM-44"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Chris Seaman"
oracle_id: "6191a7eb-04b5-47e6-a31f-43f9aa91d4d7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/artificers-assistant-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Artificer's Assistant
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Scry, Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever you cast a historic spell, scry 1. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic. To scry 1, look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card on the bottom.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Jhoira's Familiar](/printing/jhoiras-familiar-dom.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
2. [Thaumaturge's Familiar](/printing/thaumaturges-familiar-j22.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
3. [Prescient Chimera](/printing/prescient-chimera-jmp.md) — Creature — Chimera
4. [Silver Raven](/printing/silver-raven-afr.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
5. [Hermes, Overseer of Elpis](/printing/hermes-overseer-of-elpis-fic.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard
6. [Serra Disciple](/printing/serra-disciple-dom.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #DOM-44
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Chris Seaman
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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