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◇ Catalog #238

Pit Automaton

dft·#238·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Villarrte

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wishlisted

Feb '25

1 yr ago

Value

$0.23+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.24 · low $0.22

NM$0.23

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.21–$0.24modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.23low $0.03range 666.7%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,407 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.22

Nonfoil$0.23

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Construct

Defender {T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities. {2}, {T}: When you next activate an exhaust ability that isn't a mana ability this turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

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Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2025-02-07wotc

Pit Automaton has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, the delayed triggered ability doesn’t trigger if you activate an exhaust ability that is also a mana ability.

2025-02-07wotc

If an ability triggers whenever you activate an exhaust ability, that ability resolves before the exhaust ability resolves.

2025-02-07wotc

If an exhaust ability of a permanent is activated, and then that permanent leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield, it becomes a new object so its exhaust ability can be activated again.

2025-02-07

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.23. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.23 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DFT — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #238 of *Aetherdrift*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2025 Aetherdrift release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Construct, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Defender.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,407 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Villarrte. Rarix catalogs 26 other cards credited to this artist.