---
name: "Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic"
mana_cost: "{G}{U}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Artificer"
colors: ["G", "R", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "DRC"
set_name: "Aetherdrift Commander"
collector_number: "2"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Bram Sels"
oracle_id: "31cb87bf-1020-4fd5-95f7-8ecb197d823b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pia-nalaar-chief-mechanic-drc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}{U}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4

## Oracle Text
Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters).
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay one or more {E}. If you do, create an X/X colorless Vehicle artifact token named Nalaar Aetherjet with flying and crew 2, where X is the amount of {E} paid this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lita, Mechanical Engineer](/printing/lita-mechanical-engineer-tle.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Artificer
2. [Saheeli, Radiant Creator](/printing/saheeli-radiant-creator-drc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
3. [Pia and Kiran Nalaar](/printing/pia-and-kiran-nalaar-prm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
4. [Prodigy's Prototype](/printing/prodigys-prototype-neo.md) — Artifact — Vehicle
5. [Automated Assembly Line](/printing/automated-assembly-line-pip.md) — Artifact
6. [Pia Nalaar](/printing/pia-nalaar-pkld.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #2
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Bram Sels
- **Total Printings:** 6 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`