---
name: "Katsumasa, the Animator"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Artificer"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "NEC"
set_name: "Neon Dynasty Commander"
collector_number: "51"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Heonhwa"
oracle_id: "80ba76a6-cc48-4820-bc0b-c9ec18088a3b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/katsumasa-the-animator-nec"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Katsumasa, the Animator
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Artificer
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{2}{U}: Until end of turn, target noncreature artifact you control becomes an artifact creature and gains flying. If it's not a Vehicle, it has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to three target noncreature artifacts.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Workshop Elders](/printing/workshop-elders-moc.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
2. [Skilled Animator](/printing/skilled-animator-m19.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
3. [Cyberdrive Awakener](/printing/cyberdrive-awakener-eoc.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
4. [Aerial Engineer](/printing/aerial-engineer-m19.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
5. [Aeronaut Tinkerer](/printing/aeronaut-tinkerer-purl.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
6. [Thopter Architect](/printing/thopter-architect-bro.md) — Creature — Human Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) #51
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Heonhwa
- **Total Printings:** 15 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`