---
name: "Surge Engine"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Construct"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Defender"]
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "864d9db7-34ca-4440-8d6d-096f9eddedd4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/surge-engine-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Surge Engine
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Construct
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender
{U}: This creature loses defender and gains "This creature can't be blocked."
{2}{U}: This creature becomes blue and has base power and toughness 5/4. Activate only if this creature doesn't have defender.
{4}{U}{U}: Draw three cards. Activate only if this creature is blue and only once.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Surge Mare](/printing/surge-mare-m19.md) — Creature — Horse Fish
2. [Thoughtbound Phantasm](/printing/thoughtbound-phantasm-grn.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Steelclad Spirit](/printing/steelclad-spirit-vow.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Tidewater Minion](/printing/tidewater-minion-rav.md) — Creature — Elemental Minion
5. [Piston-Fist Cyclops](/printing/piston-fist-cyclops-grn.md) — Creature — Cyclops
6. [Spire Serpent](/printing/spire-serpent-td2.md) — Creature — Serpent

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #81
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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