Adaptive Automaton Price
8 printings · 6 sets · first printed 2011
Adaptive Automaton has been printed 8 times across 6 sets, first in 2011 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is Foundations #723 at $0.42, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #1109 at $7.09 — about 17× more. The median across 7 priced printings is $1.59. The cheapest non-foil copy is The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #1 at $1.24. 1 serialized (numbered) printing is listed below but left out of the headline prices. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 8x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Double Masters).
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Every Adaptive Automaton Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations #723 (R) Foil Cheapest | 2024 | $0.42 | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #1 (R) | 2022 | $1.24 | $0.35 |
| Magic 2012 #201 (R) | 2011 | $1.37 | $0.50 |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #64 (R) | 2022 | $1.59 | $0.65 |
| Explorers of Ixalan #42 (R) | 2017 | $1.85 | $0.70 |
| Double Masters #231 (R) | 2020 | $2.03 | $0.85 |
| Secret Lair Drop #1109 (R) | 2022 | $7.09 | $2.50 |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #64z (R) Foil Serialized | 2022 | — | — |
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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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 8 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
3 PrecedentsEven 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.
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.
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.