Adaptive Automaton
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts 64 • rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Collector number
- 64
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Igor Kieryluk
- Market price
- $1.55
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Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Adaptive Automaton was originally introduced in the 2011 set Magic 2012, designed to provide tribal decks with a flexible, colorless creature that could adopt any creature type. This specific version was released in 2022 as part of The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts, a special subset of cards featuring a classic card frame reminiscent of Magic: The Gathering’s earliest releases from the 1990s.
The retro frame treatment was developed by Wizards of the Coast to celebrate the game's history, specifically the industrial and artifact-heavy themes of The Brothers' War narrative. The original illustration for the card remains consistent with its initial design, capturing the essence of a modular construct, while the updated frame design serves as a nostalgic aesthetic choice for players who favor the vintage visual identity of early sets.
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