Elves, like Eladrin, provide teleportation abilities for easy positioning, which can be crucial for artificers. Dungeons & Dragons has more than 12 classes, which you're likely aware of.

There’s No Race Like Gnome. The magical abilities of the artificer key off of Intelligence. This makes gnomes the front runner for the class with their +2 bonus.

The world of Eberron was first introduced during D&D v3.5 in the early 2000s, ... The new class, the Artificer, is the first official new class since the Player's Handbook was released in 2014.

D&D’s artificer class, absent from last year’s PHB revision, is getting another playtest packet this week. A new Eberron book is due out in August.