---
name: "Ersatz Gnomes"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Gnome"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "301"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "ea016b84-7f77-42e7-bd14-2e62a1e35f3b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ersatz-gnomes-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ersatz Gnomes
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Gnome
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{T}: Target spell becomes colorless.
{T}: Target permanent becomes colorless until end of turn.

> *From jungle to sea, from sea to stone, from stone to field, from field to bone. What am I?
—Zhalfirin riddle*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Moonlace](/printing/moonlace-tsp.md) — Instant
2. [Swirling Spriggan](/printing/swirling-spriggan-eve.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman
3. [Quarum Trench Gnomes](/printing/quarum-trench-gnomes-leg.md) — Creature — Gnome
4. [Alchor's Tomb](/printing/alchors-tomb-me4.md) — Artifact
5. [Blind Seer](/printing/blind-seer-inv.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Distorting Lens](/printing/distorting-lens-8ed.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #301
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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