---
name: "Foundry Beetle"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Equipment Insect"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["First strike", "Reconfigure"]
set: "YNEO"
set_name: "Alchemy: Kamigawa"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jamroz Gary"
oracle_id: "62b5090e-7899-492a-af63-5a5bd1e3068c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/foundry-beetle-yneo"
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"
---

# Foundry Beetle
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Equipment Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** First strike, Reconfigure

## Oracle Text
First strike
Equipped creature has first strike.
At the beginning of your upkeep, a random artifact card in your hand perpetually gains "This spell costs {1} less to cast."
Reconfigure {R} ({R}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sparring Collar](/printing/sparring-collar-5dn.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Chainflail Centipede](/printing/chainflail-centipede-neo.md) — Artifact Creature — Equipment Insect
3. [Inchblade Companion](/printing/inchblade-companion-yneo.md) — Artifact Creature — Equipment Insect
4. [Hidden Footblade](/printing/hidden-footblade-acr.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Quick-Draw Dagger](/printing/quick-draw-dagger-snc.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Magitek Scythe](/printing/magitek-scythe-fin.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Kamigawa (YNEO) #19
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jamroz Gary

## 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`