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◇ Catalog #297

Hopping Automaton

usg·#297·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Val Mayerik

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1998

28 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 $0.24low $0.09range 166.7%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #30,158 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.23

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Construct

{0}: This creature gets -1/-1 and gains flying until end of turn.

Designed to carry equipment across rivers, the hopping automaton was soon pressed into service in the infantry.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.23. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.09 and $0.24 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from USG — 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 #297 of *Urza's Saga*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1998 Urza's Saga release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Construct, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #30,158 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Val Mayerik. Rarix catalogs 95 other cards credited to this artist.