Oviya, Automech Artisan
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Type: Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Oracle Text:
Each creature that's attacking one of your opponents has trample.
{G}, {T}: You may put a creature or Vehicle card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put an artifact onto the battlefield this way, put two +1/+1 counters on it.
Power/Toughness: 1/2
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (5) →
Expansion: Aetherdrift Promos
Price ( USD): $1.19
USD: $1.19 · EUR: €0.48
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Character Background
Oviya, Automech Artisan reads like a workshop commander for a tempo/value aggro deck that leans on artifact creatures and Vehicles: thematically she’s the tinkerer who fields constructs midcombat, and mechanically she turns whatever you attack with into a more threatening trampler while also cheating creatures and Vehicles onto the battlefield. The card best supports a tempo/value plan—pressing damage with efficient attackers while generating recurring board presence—because her {G},{T} tutor is both a tempo play and a source of steady value, and the extra two +1/+1 counters on artifacts accelerates Wheels-of-Death Vehicles or small Myr into relevant combatants. Deckbuilding tip: run cheap ramp (Llanowar-style dorks) to activate Oviya early, a suite of low-cost Vehicles and artifact creatures, and +1/+1 synergies such as Hardened Scales or counter-matters to maximize the bonus counters; include card-draw or artifact tutors so you can keep feeding her ability. Be mindful that she taps to use the ability, so pairing her with ways to untap or create multiple Oviya-like effects multiplies the threat.
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