---
name: "Chief Engineer"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Vedalken Artificer"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "M15"
set_name: "Magic 2015"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Steven Belledin"
oracle_id: "02dbb6f8-ef84-4156-87dc-34033e64fdb7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chief-engineer-m15"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Chief Engineer
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Vedalken Artificer
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## Oracle Text
Artifact spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting an artifact spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)

> *Un œil sur chaque détail, des chiffres plein la tête, une âme mécanique.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vedalken Engineer](/printing/vedalken-engineer-nec.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer
2. [Vault Guardsman](/printing/vault-guardsman-msc.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Advisor
3. [Memnarchitect](/printing/memnarchitect-unk.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer
4. [Kindly Cognician](/printing/kindly-cognician-ust.md) — Artifact Creature — Cyborg Artificer
5. [Vedalken Archmage](/printing/vedalken-archmage-jmp.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
6. [Etherium Sculptor](/printing/etherium-sculptor-ala.md) — Artifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2015 (M15) #47
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Steven Belledin
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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