---
name: "Chief of the Foundry"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Construct"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "KLR"
set_name: "Kaladesh Remastered"
collector_number: "226"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Daniel Ljunggren"
oracle_id: "4fdfa41a-75a5-4b36-8c9e-083e26d137e2"
printings_count: 8
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chief-of-the-foundry-klr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Chief of the Foundry
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Construct

## Oracle Text
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Steel Overseer](/printing/steel-overseer-eoc.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
2. [Court Homunculus](/printing/court-homunculus-mm2.md) — Artifact Creature — Homunculus
3. [Foundry Inspector](/printing/foundry-inspector-cmm.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
4. [Gearsmith Prodigy](/printing/gearsmith-prodigy-m19.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
5. [Inventor's Apprentice](/printing/inventors-apprentice-kld.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
6. [Towashi Songshaper](/printing/towashi-songshaper-neo.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #226
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Daniel Ljunggren
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-08-07)* Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to an artifact creature you control may become lethal if Chief of the Foundry leaves the battlefield during that turn.