Emergency Medical Hologram

Not legal in this format after release.

Not legal in this format after release.

A one-mana 1/2 with a one-shot counter is far below Modern rate; artifact typing may justify only brief synergy testing.

Could be wrong if Unrevealed artifact or +1/+1-counter payoffs could make its cheap artifact body materially more useful.

Legacy's cheap artifact and creature synergies demand more mana efficiency or utility than a 1/2 and a single counter provide.

Could be wrong if A newly supported artifact-combo shell could value its artifact body and ETB trigger more than expected.

Common legality and artifact typing give it a testable niche, but a 1/2 plus one counter does not supply the cards or tempo Pauper artifact decks need.

Could be wrong if A viable white artifact or counter-synergy shell could make its low-cost artifact body worthwhile.

Counter decks can use the trigger, but one counter and one life on a fragile 0/1 are highly replaceable in singleton multiplayer.

Could be wrong if A commander that specifically rewards cheap artifact creatures or counter placement could make it a niche inclusion.

It can target itself as a one-mana 1/2 that gains a life, with upside to improve another creature; that is replacement-level early material.

Could be wrong if Unknown speed, removal, and artifact/counter synergies could move it between filler and a solid synergy card.