Katsumasa, the Animator
$0.24

Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Artificer

Mono-Blue

How it feels to play against

Mildly Annoying Some frustrating moments but still fun.

Popularity

Decent Pick Moderately popular, encounter occasionally.

Ranking

#2413 Current Rank

#2158 Last Week

#2086 Last Month

Links & Decks

Videos

Commander gameplay videos featuring Katsumasa, the Animator.

Studio Slam Episode #1: I'll think of something clever to put here before it goes live (maybe)

New Cards

Fresh cards from recent sets that players are experimenting with in Katsumasa, the Animator decks.

Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade

+4% Synergy $1.09

Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel

+4% Synergy $0.04

Passenger Ferry

+4% Synergy $0.02

Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor

+2% Synergy $0.95

Spider-Sense

+1% Synergy $1.98

High Synergy Cards

Cards that work exceptionally well with Katsumasa, the Animator's abilities and overall game plan.

Rise and Shine

+61% Synergy $0.27

Etherium Sculptor

+57% Synergy $1.19

Consulate Dreadnought

+57% Synergy $0.23

Weatherlight

+56% Synergy $1.53

Thopter Spy Network

+55% Synergy $0.57

Cyberdrive Awakener

+54% Synergy $3.65

Foundry Inspector

+54% Synergy $0.20

Research Thief

+53% Synergy $1.11

Imposter Mech

+51% Synergy $5.08

Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

+50% Synergy $1.47

Top Cards

The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Katsumasa, the Animator decks.

Sai, Master Thopterist

+49% Synergy $0.41

Padeem, Consul of Innovation

+48% Synergy $1.11

The Indomitable

+48% Synergy $0.91

Training Grounds

+47% Synergy $4.67

Mobilizer Mech

+47% Synergy $0.10

Thoughtcast

+46% Synergy $4.43

Flux Channeler

+46% Synergy $3.40

Tezzeret's Gambit

+43% Synergy $0.19

Emry, Lurker of the Loch

+42% Synergy $0.65

Counterspell

-11% Synergy $1.59

Game Changers

Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.

Fierce Guardianship

-17% Synergy $44.28

Cyclonic Rift

-22% Synergy $44.75

Rhystic Study

-24% Synergy $50.96

Creatures

Essential creatures that complement Katsumasa, the Animator's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.

Workshop Elders

+42% Synergy $0.15

Cosima, God of the Voyage

+39% Synergy $0.58

Kappa Cannoneer

+35% Synergy $0.37

Thought Monitor

+30% Synergy $0.44

Chrome Host Seedshark

+28% Synergy $0.19

Vedalken Archmage

+27% Synergy $10.78

Mu Yanling, Wind Rider

+26% Synergy $0.49

Jhoira's Familiar

+25% Synergy $1.61

Vedalken Engineer

+25% Synergy $0.14

Kenku Artificer

+24% Synergy $0.09

Master of Etherium

+22% Synergy $0.51

Surge Conductor

+21% Synergy $0.81

Forensic Gadgeteer

+20% Synergy $2.11

Replication Specialist

+20% Synergy $0.08

Thrummingbird

+19% Synergy $0.22

Dreamtide Whale

+17% Synergy $3.67

Steel Overseer

+16% Synergy $0.33

Skilled Animator

+16% Synergy $0.04

Jetfire, Ingenious Scientist

+16% Synergy $0.88

Omen Hawker

+15% Synergy $0.19

Shimmer Myr

+13% Synergy $0.17

Animating Faerie

+13% Synergy $0.06

Scrap Trawler

+12% Synergy $3.21

Whirler Rogue

+12% Synergy $0.03

Vedalken Humiliator

+12% Synergy $0.27

Canoptek Spyder

+11% Synergy $11.55

Shimmer Dragon

+10% Synergy $0.17

Urza, Lord High Artificer

+9% Synergy $13.23

Sharding Sphinx

+9% Synergy $0.25

Mm'menon, the Right Hand

+9% Synergy $0.37

Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam

+9% Synergy $0.30

Metalwork Colossus

+9% Synergy $10.25

Master Transmuter

+8% Synergy $3.05

Deadeye Quartermaster

+8% Synergy $0.33

Silver Myr

+7% Synergy $0.39

Unctus, Grand Metatect

+7% Synergy $0.37

Riddlesmith

+7% Synergy $0.21

Guidelight Optimizer

+7% Synergy $0.10

The Reality Chip

+6% Synergy $2.79

Chief of the Foundry

+6% Synergy $0.20

Voltaic Construct

+6% Synergy $1.85

Solemn Simulacrum

+5% Synergy $0.26

Renowned Weaponsmith

+5% Synergy $0.05

Trophy Mage

+3% Synergy $0.48

Grand Architect

+3% Synergy $1.00

Artificer's Assistant

+3% Synergy $0.18

Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

+2% Synergy $4.97

Trinket Mage

0% Synergy $0.58

Tribute Mage

-2% Synergy $1.15

Phyrexian Metamorph

-4% Synergy $2.83

Instants

Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Katsumasa, the Animator safe.

Experimental Augury

+27% Synergy $0.21

Disruption Protocol

+23% Synergy $0.09

Reality Heist

+21% Synergy $0.11

Stoic Rebuttal

+15% Synergy $0.26

Reality Shift

+14% Synergy $0.24

Evacuation

+14% Synergy $0.14

Thirst for Knowledge

+14% Synergy $0.13

Serum Snare

+14% Synergy $0.12

Ripples of Potential

+10% Synergy $2.46

Engulf the Shore

+9% Synergy $2.94

Desynchronization

+9% Synergy $3.71

Access Denied

+8% Synergy $2.72

Fuel for the Cause

+7% Synergy $0.33

Divert Disaster

+7% Synergy $0.07

Stern Lesson

+7% Synergy $0.08

Suit Up

+7% Synergy $0.03

Steady Progress

+5% Synergy $0.23

Masterful Replication

+5% Synergy $0.21

Reject Imperfection

+4% Synergy $0.15

Spell Swindle

+3% Synergy $1.18

Scour for Scrap

+1% Synergy $0.31

Negate

0% Synergy $0.26

Whir of Invention

0% Synergy $4.92

Rapid Hybridization

-2% Synergy $1.50

Resculpt

-2% Synergy $0.26

March of Swirling Mist

-3% Synergy $1.24

Sink into Stupor

-7% Synergy $8.07

Pongify

-9% Synergy $1.82

Flow of Knowledge

-9% Synergy $0.19

Aetherize

-10% Synergy $0.39

Swan Song

-17% Synergy $8.52

Mana Drain

-18% Synergy $46.95

An Offer You Can't Refuse

-20% Synergy $1.46

Arcane Denial

-22% Synergy $1.82

High Tide

-27% Synergy $1.06

Brainstorm

-30% Synergy $1.30

Sorceries

Important sorcery spells that advance Katsumasa, the Animator's game plan and control the board.

Contentious Plan

+21% Synergy $0.40

Universal Surveillance

+19% Synergy $0.18

Anchor to Reality

+11% Synergy $0.09

One with the Machine

+9% Synergy $0.23

Vivisurgeon's Insight

+8% Synergy $0.08

Ravenform

+5% Synergy $0.17

Whelming Wave

+5% Synergy $0.51

Forging the Anchor

+5% Synergy $0.07

Spectral Deluge

+2% Synergy $3.54

Fabricate

+1% Synergy $8.72

Curse of the Swine

-3% Synergy $0.14

Sea Gate Restoration

-9% Synergy $36.04

Windfall

-18% Synergy $4.12

Preordain

-19% Synergy $0.58

Ponder

-23% Synergy $1.70

Utility Artifacts

Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.

Deluxe Dragster

+46% Synergy $1.22

Levitating Statue

+44% Synergy $0.03

Reckoner Bankbuster

+43% Synergy $0.42

Smuggler's Copter

+38% Synergy $0.86

The Blackstaff of Waterdeep

+37% Synergy $0.16

Recon Craft Theta

+36% Synergy $0.73

Synthesizer Labship

+35% Synergy $0.13

Silent Submersible

+34% Synergy $0.16

Surgehacker Mech

+34% Synergy $0.13

Mechtitan Core

+32% Synergy $0.22

Reaver Titan

+31% Synergy $19.30

Nautiloid Ship

+30% Synergy $9.20

Brotherhood Vertibird

+28% Synergy $0.24

Uthros Research Craft

+28% Synergy $2.23

Mirage Mirror

+26% Synergy $0.62

Raiders' Karve

+25% Synergy $0.14

Possession Engine

+23% Synergy $0.13

Unlicensed Hearse

+23% Synergy $0.28

Untethered Express

+22% Synergy $0.21

Darksteel Relic

+20% Synergy $0.92

Animation Module

+20% Synergy $1.15

Rolling Hamsphere

+17% Synergy $0.15

Mindlink Mech

+16% Synergy $0.15

Mighty Servant of Leuk-o

+16% Synergy $0.20

Careening Mine Cart

+16% Synergy $0.06

Thunderhawk Gunship

+16% Synergy $10.20

Thopter Fabricator

+15% Synergy $0.33

The Regalia

+15% Synergy $1.70

Throne of Geth

+15% Synergy $1.00

Goliath Truck

+15% Synergy $0.34

Cloud Key

+14% Synergy $1.88

Unwinding Clock

+13% Synergy $17.55

The Ozolith

+13% Synergy $43.76

Darksteel Brute

+13% Synergy $0.19

Knight Paladin

+13% Synergy $4.65

Demolition Stomper

+12% Synergy $0.07

Cybership

+12% Synergy $0.70

Midnight Crusader Shuttle

+12% Synergy $0.24

Mystic Forge

+11% Synergy $1.92

Aradara Express

+11% Synergy $0.07

Sculpting Steel

+10% Synergy $1.33

Forsaken Monument

+10% Synergy $3.74

Ichor Wellspring

+10% Synergy $0.41

Hulldrifter

+10% Synergy $0.02

Contagion Clasp

+9% Synergy $0.34

Bident of Thassa

+5% Synergy $1.09

Wayfarer's Bauble

-1% Synergy $0.21

Swiftfoot Boots

-3% Synergy $1.22

Lightning Greaves

-12% Synergy $4.32

Sapphire Medallion

-36% Synergy $4.33

Enchantments

Powerful enchantments that support Katsumasa, the Animator's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.

Artificer Class

+30% Synergy $16.76

The Antiquities War

+25% Synergy $0.17

Ensoul Artifact

+15% Synergy $0.24

Efficient Construction

+14% Synergy $0.34

Inexorable Tide

+14% Synergy $2.88

March of the Machines

+13% Synergy $0.55

Paradox Haze

+10% Synergy $4.10

Mechanized Production

+9% Synergy $0.51

Mirrodin Besieged

+8% Synergy $4.80

Case of the Filched Falcon

+8% Synergy $0.07

Zoetic Glyph

+7% Synergy $0.07

Unstoppable Plan

+6% Synergy $2.62

Mightstone's Animation

+6% Synergy $0.04

Shadow of the Second Sun

+3% Synergy $0.86

Reconnaissance Mission

0% Synergy $1.03

Imprisoned in the Moon

-5% Synergy $0.17

Propaganda

-21% Synergy $2.29

Mystic Remora

-22% Synergy $10.57

Planeswalkers

Planeswalkers that work alongside Katsumasa, the Animator to provide ongoing value and board presence.

Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh

+36% Synergy $0.30

Tezzeret, Cruel Captain

+7% Synergy $19.27

Tezzeret, Artifice Master

+5% Synergy $3.13

Tezzeret the Seeker

+4% Synergy $21.72

Karn, the Great Creator

+3% Synergy $4.46

Ugin, Eye of the Storms

+3% Synergy $32.44

Ugin, the Ineffable

+3% Synergy $1.16

Utility Lands

Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.

Darksteel Citadel

+47% Synergy $1.01

Seat of the Synod

+46% Synergy $0.79

Mech Hangar

+42% Synergy $0.23

Karn's Bastion

+37% Synergy $1.61

Buried Ruin

+35% Synergy $0.29

Archway of Innovation

+32% Synergy $1.26

Academy Ruins

+19% Synergy $11.15

Inventors' Fair

+13% Synergy $11.40

Uthros, Titanic Godcore

+12% Synergy $11.64

Reef Roads

+12% Synergy $0.06

Urza's Tower

+8% Synergy $0.71

Treasure Vault

+8% Synergy $1.46

Urza's Mine

+7% Synergy $0.65

Urza's Power Plant

+7% Synergy $0.69

War Room

+5% Synergy $3.04

Mishra's Factory

+5% Synergy $0.10

Shrine of the Forsaken Gods

+5% Synergy $0.10

Nesting Grounds

+3% Synergy $0.14

Temple of the False God

+2% Synergy $0.13

Urza's Saga

-2% Synergy $35.27

Halimar Depths

-2% Synergy $0.34

Mistrise Village

-2% Synergy $6.22

Scavenger Grounds

-2% Synergy $0.39

Rogue's Passage

-3% Synergy $0.31

Lonely Sandbar

-5% Synergy $0.11

Castle Vantress

-8% Synergy $0.26

Otawara, Soaring City

-14% Synergy $18.48

Reliquary Tower

-19% Synergy $2.03

Mystic Sanctuary

-30% Synergy $1.64

Mana Artifacts

Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.

Cultivator's Caravan

+53% Synergy $0.16

Darksteel Ingot

+35% Synergy $0.17

Liquimetal Torque

+27% Synergy $2.05

Skyclave Relic

+27% Synergy $1.67

Mind Stone

+18% Synergy $0.12

Sky Diamond

+16% Synergy $0.19

Cargo Ship

+15% Synergy $0.08

Replicating Ring

+11% Synergy $0.77

Ebony Fly

+11% Synergy $1.18

Thran Dynamo

+10% Synergy $2.60

Midnight Clock

+9% Synergy $0.43

Guardian Idol

+9% Synergy $0.24

Everflowing Chalice

+8% Synergy $0.26

Fountain of Ichor

+8% Synergy $0.05

Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass

+7% Synergy $2.15

Machine God's Effigy

+7% Synergy $3.94

Commander's Sphere

+6% Synergy $0.16

Moonsnare Prototype

+6% Synergy $0.12

Flywheel Racer

+6% Synergy $0.09

Worn Powerstone

+4% Synergy $0.23

Sol Ring

+3% Synergy $1.48

Prismatic Lens

+3% Synergy $0.26

Arcane Signet

+2% Synergy $0.48

Astral Cornucopia

+2% Synergy $0.35

Fellwar Stone

+1% Synergy $1.06

Basalt Monolith

0% Synergy $4.31

Hedron Archive

0% Synergy $0.27

Gilded Lotus

-2% Synergy $1.09

Mox Opal

-4% Synergy $181.24

Decanter of Endless Water

-6% Synergy $3.61

Thought Vessel

-10% Synergy $1.05

Lands

The mana base foundation for Katsumasa, the Animator decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.

Power Depot

+19% Synergy $0.35

The Mycosynth Gardens

+8% Synergy $0.54

Scene of the Crime

+7% Synergy $0.22

Myriad Landscape

+5% Synergy $0.17

Island

+4% Synergy $0.06

Demolition Field

+1% Synergy $0.52

Sink into Stupor

-7% Synergy $8.07

Sea Gate Restoration

-9% Synergy $36.04

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The Eighth Doctor // Clara Oswald

The Fifth Doctor // Ryan Sinclair

Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains

The First Doctor // Nardole, Resourceful Cyborg

Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant // Clan Crafter

The Belligerent

The Seventh Doctor // K-9, Mark I

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