---
name: "Protomatter Powder"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Francis Tsai"
oracle_id: "22d57bc8-e473-47c5-8e48-c0fb98e66948"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/protomatter-powder-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Protomatter Powder
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{4}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

> *"There is no such thing as scrap metal. All such material can be repaired with the proper bonding agent."
—Quennus, metallurgeon*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Argivian Restoration](/printing/argivian-restoration-2xm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Reconstruction](/printing/reconstruction-me4.md) — Sorcery
3. [Archaeomender](/printing/archaeomender-jmp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Refurbish](/printing/refurbish-klr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Skeleton Shard](/printing/skeleton-shard-hop.md) — Artifact
6. [Ritual of Restoration](/printing/ritual-of-restoration-dst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #53
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Francis Tsai
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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