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◇ Catalog #42

Adaptive Automaton

e02·#42·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Igor Kieryluk

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Nov '17

8 yr ago

Value

$2.92+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.99 · low $1.81

NM$1.92

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.77–$2.03modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.97low $1.16range 69.8%n 48

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,743 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil$1.92

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Construct

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.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2024-11-08wotc

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.

2024-11-08wotc

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.

2024-11-08wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.92. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.16 and $1.97 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from E02 — the lineup includes 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 #42 of *Explorers of Ixalan*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2017 Explorers of Ixalan release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Construct, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,743 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Igor Kieryluk. Rarix catalogs 913 other cards credited to this artist.