Cybernetic Specialist

Cybernetic Specialist

Artifact Creature — Human Scientist

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {2}

How we read this card

When this creature enters, surveil 1.

triggered — surveils

Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library.

activated {1}, {T} — brings a card back

Causes: surveil, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

When Cybernetic Specialist surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact attacks — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

When Cybernetic Specialist attacks:

  1. Alibou, Ancient Witness — deals X damage
  2. Bio-Asset Allocator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Assaultron Dominator — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Aloy, Savior of Meridian — triggers

an artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

When Cybernetic Specialist deals combat damage:

  1. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  2. Sharding Sphinx — makes a token
  3. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  4. Research Thief — draws you 1 card
  5. Thopter Spy Network — draws you 1 card
  6. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life
  7. Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Automated Assembly Line — triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

  1. Virulent Silencer — When Cybernetic Specialist deals combat damage, Virulent Silencer puts 2 counters on a permanent

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

When Cybernetic Specialist leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

When Cybernetic Specialist is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

When Cybernetic Specialist enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact it grants types to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Silverskin Armor — Silverskin Armor gives Cybernetic Specialist an extra creature type

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Human enters the battlefield — 4,639 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

When Cybernetic Specialist enters:

  1. General Kudro of Drannith — hits a graveyard
  2. Heronblade Elite — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kyler, Sigardian Emissary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Thalia's Lieutenant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Champion of the Parish — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
  7. Lossarnach Captain — taps a creature an opponent controls

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Thor, God of Thunder — Cybernetic Specialist puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  2. Relic Golem — Relic Golem puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  3. Retrofitter Foundry — Retrofitter Foundry puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  4. Millikin — Millikin puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  5. Excavated Wall — Excavated Wall puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  6. Battering Ram — Battering Ram puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  7. Deathless Behemoth — Deathless Behemoth puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  8. Springjack Pasture — Springjack Pasture puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  9. Hand of Emrakul — Hand of Emrakul puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  10. Kozilek, the Great Distortion — Kozilek, the Great Distortion puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  11. Transcendent Archaic — Transcendent Archaic puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back

442 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — When Cybernetic Specialist is cast, Primeval Bounty makes a token

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Cybernetic Specialist is one).

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — When Cybernetic Specialist enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself

392 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.