---
name: "Cogwork Progenitor"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Gnome"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Seek"]
set: "YLCI"
set_name: "Alchemy: Ixalan"
collector_number: "1"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "1defe44d-49bc-4207-a957-36a51da2d29b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cogwork-progenitor-ylci"
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"
---

# Cogwork Progenitor
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Gnome
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Seek

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your end step, you may exile another artifact you control or an artifact card in your graveyard. If you do, seek an artifact card. That card perpetually has base power and toughness 1/1 and becomes a Gnome creature in addition to its other types.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Copper Gnomes](/printing/copper-gnomes-usg.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
2. [Oswald Fiddlebender](/printing/oswald-fiddlebender-pafr.md) — Legendary Creature — Gnome Artificer
3. [Adaptive Gemguard](/printing/adaptive-gemguard-lci.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
4. [Gnome-Made Engine](/printing/gnome-made-engine-ust.md) — Host Artifact Creature — Construct
5. [Clockwork Gnomes](/printing/clockwork-gnomes-hml.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
6. [Goblin Engineer](/printing/goblin-engineer-tsr.md) — Creature — Goblin Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Ixalan (YLCI) #1
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kev Walker

## 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`