Mindless Automaton Price
7 printings · 7 sets · first printed 1998
Mindless Automaton has been printed 7 times across 7 sets, first in 1998 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Eternal Masters #227 at $0.17, while the most expensive is Exodus #135 at $0.42 — about 2× more. The median across 6 priced printings is $0.28. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 7x, including dedicated reprint sets like Edge of Eternities Commander, March of the Machine Commander.
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Every Mindless Automaton Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eternal Masters #227 (U) Cheapest | 2016 | $0.17 | $0.04 |
| Commander Legends #326 (U) | 2020 | $0.18 | — |
| March of the Machine Commander #365 (U) | 2023 | $0.27 | — |
| Edge of Eternities Commander #142 (U) | 2025 | $0.29 | — |
| Time Spiral Timeshifted #111 (S) | 2006 | $0.33 | $0.06 |
| Exodus #135 (R) | 1998 | $0.42 | $0.07 |
| Tempest Remastered #227 (R) | 2015 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.Remove two +1/+1 counters from this creature: Draw a card.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 7 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
1 PrecedentsIf removing two +1/+1 counters from Mindless Automaton causes the amount of damage already marked on Mindless Automaton to be equal to or greater than its toughness, it will be put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action before the ability can be activated again and before the card is drawn.