Adaptive Automaton
Foundations 723 • rare
- Set
- Foundations
- Collector number
- 723
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Igor Kieryluk
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
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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.
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 first introduced to the Magic: The Gathering card game in the 2011 New Phyrexia set. Designed as a flexible utility creature, it was crafted to provide tribal decks with a versatile support unit that could adopt any creature type chosen by the player upon entering the battlefield. This design philosophy aimed to solve consistency issues for niche creature archetypes by offering a shapeshifting presence that could benefit from various lord-style bonuses and synergy effects.
The Foundations printing, identified by collector number 723, maintains the card's original mechanical identity while integrating it into a modern, accessible core set environment. The artwork reflects the card's mechanical nature, depicting a construct of indeterminate origin capable of systemic reconfiguration. It has been well-regarded by the player community as an essential inclusion for tribal-themed Commander decks, where its ability to mimic specific creature types remains highly practical in diverse gameplay scenarios.
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