---
name: "Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Artifact Creature — Thopter"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Flying", "Flash"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "2286"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ekaterina Burmak"
oracle_id: "798a4a6f-7443-4e8e-afcb-0a694fdfcbb3"
printings_count: 6
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/liberator-urzas-battlethopter-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact Creature — Thopter
- **Keywords:** Flying, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Flying
You may cast colorless spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.
Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator.

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2286
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ekaterina Burmak
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2022-10-14)* The third ability applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery."
- *(2022-10-14)* The last ability cares only about the amount of mana that was actually spent to cast the spell, regardless of its mana cost.