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- Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader
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Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot // Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Optimus Prime wants a deck that turns its Vehicles into creatures and attacks with them. It also suits a deck that removes its creatures and brings them right back to reuse them.
- Mana cost
- White, Blue, Red ()
- Power / toughness4 / 8
- RarityMythic
More Than Meets the Eye 
(You may cast this card converted for .)
At the beginning of each end step, bolster 1. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When Optimus Prime dies, return it to the battlefield converted under its owner's control.
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Living metal (During your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.)
Trample
Whenever you attack, bolster 2. The chosen creature gains trample until end of turn. When that creature deals combat damage to a player this turn, convert Optimus Prime.
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Cards That Fit Optimus Prime, Hero
Picked for what they do in Optimus Prime's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Optimus Prime's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.
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Rulings for Optimus Prime, Hero
explain how Optimus Prime works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary
"Living metal" means "As long as it's your turn, this permanent is an artifact creature in addition to its other types."
"More Than Meets the Eye [cost]" means "You may cast this card converted by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost." It functions in any zone from which the spell can be cast.
A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.
Any triggered ability of another card that triggers whenever a permanent transforms will also trigger whenever a permanent converts.
Bolster doesn't target; you choose the creature to put the counters on as the attack triggered ability resolves.
Converting a permanent doesn't affect any Auras or Equipment that are attached to it. Similarly, any counters on the permanent will remain on that permanent after it converts. Any continuous effects from a resolved spell or ability will continue to affect it. Any spells or abilities on the stack that target a permanent continue to do so after that permanent converts.
If a static ability of another permanent applies only to noncreature permanents, that ability applies to a Vehicle with living metal only during your opponents' turns. For example, if you control Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe and March of the Machines, Arcee will be a 2/2 artifact creature during your turn and a 3/3 artifact creature (because its mana value is 3) during each opponent's turn.
If you copy a permanent spell cast this way, the copy has the characteristics of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.
Similarly, an ability of another card that instructs you to "transform" one of these cards will cause you to convert it, even if that ability doesn't use the word "convert."
The convert keyword action functions the same way as the transform keyword action found on some other cards; to convert a permanent on the battlefield, turn it over so that its other face is up.
The cost is an alternative cost, so it can't be combined with any other alternative costs. It can be combined with any applicable additional costs.
The mana value of a converted permanent on the battlefield is equal to the mana value of the card's front face, no matter which face is up.
To bolster 2, put two +1/+1 counters on the creature with the least toughness among creatures you control. If more than one creature is tied for the least toughness, choose one of them.
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a More Than Meets the Eye cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using More Than Meets the Eye is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
When you cast a spell using its More Than Meets the Eye ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all characteristics of that face.
While it's a creature, the Vehicle has its printed power and toughness.
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