Adaptive Automaton
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Type
- Artifact Creature — Construct
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #64 (rare)
- Price
- $1.45 USD
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
Other creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
Adaptive Automaton has 8 printings, first in Magic 2012 (2011). EDHREC ranks it #1,790 among Commander cards. It appears most in Magda, Brazen Outlaw decks (11,122 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Adaptive Automaton most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw: 11,122 decks
- Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch: 3,203 decks
- Ayula, Queen Among Bears: 2,742 decks
- Shroofus Sproutsire: 2,499 decks
- Kudo, King Among Bears: 2,391 decks
- Mog, Moogle Warrior: 1,487 decks
- Muerra, Trash Tactician: 1,184 decks
- Marrow-Gnawer: 1,173 decks
Often played with Adaptive Automaton
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Even though Adaptive Automaton is a Construct, other Construct creatures you control won't get +1/+1 unless you chose Construct as Adaptive Automaton entered the battlefield.
- : The choice of creature type is made as Adaptive Automaton enters. Players can't take any actions between the time the choice is made and the time the appropriate creatures begin to get +1/+1.
- : You must choose an existing creature type, such as Human or Warrior. Card types such as artifact and supertypes such as legendary can't be chosen.