Adaptive Automaton
Artifact Creature — Construct
Adaptive Automaton
Artifact Creature — Construct
Card Text
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.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Colorless
- Color Identity
- Colorless
- Power / Toughness
- 2 / 2
- EDHREC Rank
- #1,705
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (36)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations (FDN) | #723 | rare | en | Igor Kieryluk | — | $0.45 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) | #1109 | rare | en | Jack Hughes | $6.44 | $7.25 |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #64z | rare | en | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #1 | rare | en | Igor Kieryluk | $1.29 | $2.68 |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #64 | rare | en | Igor Kieryluk | $1.36 | $1.50 |
| Double Masters (2XM) | #231 | rare | en | Igor Kieryluk | $1.68 | $1.98 |
| Explorers of Ixalan (E02) | #42 | rare | en | Igor Kieryluk | $2.03 | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | en | Igor Kieryluk | $1.38 | $5.45 |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #64 | rare | de | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #1 | rare | de | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Double Masters (2XM) | #231 | rare | de | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | de | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #64 | rare | es | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #1 | rare | es | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | es | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #64 | rare | fr | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #1 | rare | fr | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Double Masters (2XM) | #231 | rare | fr | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | fr | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #64 | rare | it | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #1 | rare | it | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | it | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #1 | rare | ja | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #64 | rare | ja | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Double Masters (2XM) | #231 | rare | ja | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | ja | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | ko | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #1 | rare | pt | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #64 | rare | pt | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | pt | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | ru | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #1 | rare | zhs | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #64 | rare | zhs | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Double Masters (2XM) | #231 | rare | zhs | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | zhs | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
| Magic 2012 (M12) | #201 | rare | zht | Igor Kieryluk | — | — |
Official Rulings (3)
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.
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.
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.
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