---
name: "Dispersal Technician"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Vedalken Artificer"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "AER"
set_name: "Aether Revolt"
collector_number: "32"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott Murphy"
oracle_id: "47a66451-8a4e-4fc6-8685-96e1feb8f997"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dispersal-technician-aer"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dispersal Technician
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Vedalken Artificer
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may return target artifact to its owner's hand.

> *As renegade forces closed in on the Aether Spire, Consulate blockades failed one by one.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vedalken Mastermind](/printing/vedalken-mastermind-plst.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
2. [Disperse](/printing/disperse-mor.md) — Instant
3. [Stern Proctor](/printing/stern-proctor-usg.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Dispersing Orb](/printing/dispersing-orb-ons.md) — Enchantment
5. [Retract](/printing/retract-dst.md) — Instant
6. [Master Transmuter](/printing/master-transmuter-con.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aether Revolt (AER) #32
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott Murphy
- **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: `legal`