---
name: "By Gnome Means"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ULST"
set_name: "The List (Unfinity Foil Edition)"
collector_number: "1"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Sean Murray"
oracle_id: "bc827191-e7ed-45ae-a084-a19d16b936e3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/by-gnome-means-ulst"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# By Gnome Means
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{1}{W}, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Create a 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature token.
{1}{W}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose any kind of counter a printed card refers to, then put one of that counter on target permanent.

> *There's no race like gnome.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Envoy of Okinec Ahau](/printing/envoy-of-okinec-ahau-lci.md) — Creature — Cat Advisor
2. [Gnome-Made Engine](/printing/gnome-made-engine-ust.md) — Host Artifact Creature — Construct
3. [Metrognome](/printing/metrognome-usg.md) — Artifact
4. [Adaptive Gemguard](/printing/adaptive-gemguard-lci.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
5. [Tinker's Tote](/printing/tinkers-tote-lci.md) — Artifact
6. [Copper Gnomes](/printing/copper-gnomes-usg.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) (ULST) #1
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Sean Murray
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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