Magic: The Gathering

Adaptive Automaton

Double Masters 231 • rare

Set: Double Masters
Collector number: 231
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 3 generic mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Colorless
Artist: Igor Kieryluk
Market price: $2.03

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Market

What it's worth

$2.03market price via TCGplayer · Oct 7, 2026$1.56 – $2.07 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a rare artifact, the Adaptive Automaton functions as a versatile centerpiece that allows players to grant a chosen creature type to its mechanical form. This flexibility makes it a prized inclusion in tribal decks, as it seamlessly integrates with any group of creatures to provide critical support on the battlefield.

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What it does

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.

Such loyalty can only be made.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Adaptive Automaton was originally introduced in the Magic: The Gathering set New Phyrexia in 2011. Designed as a flexible utility creature, it was intended to serve tribal decks by providing a colorless body that could mimic the creature type of the player's choice, effectively acting as a 'wildcard' in gameplay mechanics.

The Double Masters iteration features updated aesthetic treatments consistent with the set's premium design philosophy, which emphasizes high-impact reprints for eternal formats. The art direction for this version retains the mechanical, unsettling essence of the original Phyrexian aesthetic while benefiting from the refined printing processes utilized in modern supplemental sets, making it a functional and stylistic staple for commander players.

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About

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