---
name: "Thopter Squadron"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Thopter"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "TPR"
set_name: "Tempest Remastered"
collector_number: "233"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Doug Chaffee"
oracle_id: "f1482ca4-610b-48fe-ac23-4526637bb72a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thopter-squadron-tpr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Thopter Squadron
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Thopter
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.
{1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. Activate only as a sorcery.
{1}, Sacrifice another Thopter: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thopter Assembly](/printing/thopter-assembly-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
2. [Stridehangar Automaton](/printing/stridehangar-automaton-drc.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
3. [Thopter Fabricator](/printing/thopter-fabricator-dft.md) — Artifact — Vehicle
4. [Nimble Thopterist](/printing/nimble-thopterist-dft.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer
5. [Thopter Foundry](/printing/thopter-foundry-plst.md) — Artifact
6. [Tetravus](/printing/tetravus-atq.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest Remastered (TPR) #233
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Doug Chaffee
- **Total Printings:** 11 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: `legal`