---
name: "Midlife Upgrade"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Assemble"]
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "14"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Hector Ortiz"
oracle_id: "85670a50-91ba-428f-bd18-3240a93da040"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/midlife-upgrade-ust"
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"
---

# Midlife Upgrade
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Assemble

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice X Contraptions.
Assemble X plus one Contraptions. (To assemble a Contraption, put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Incite Insight](/printing/incite-insight-ulst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Work a Double](/printing/work-a-double-ust.md) — Sorcery
3. [Spell Suck](/printing/spell-suck-ust.md) — Instant
4. [Riveting Rigger](/printing/riveting-rigger-ust.md) — Artifact Creature — Cyborg Rigger
5. [Crafty Octopus](/printing/crafty-octopus-ust.md) — Host Creature — Octopus Rigger
6. [First Pick](/printing/first-pick-ust.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #14
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Hector Ortiz

## 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`