Adaptive Automaton

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.

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Set: The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR #1)
Rarity: Rare
Mana value: 3
Released: 2022-11-18
Artist: Igor Kieryluk
EDHREC rank: #1,760
Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.15

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 1

Magda, Brazen Outlaw+Clock of Omens+Adaptive Automaton

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact tokensInfinite tapped Treasure tokensPut all artifact cards and a subset of creature cards from your library onto the battlefield

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Format legality

Standard Legal

Pioneer Legal

Modern Legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Legal

Standard Brawl Legal

Historic Legal

Timeless Legal

Alchemy Legal

Penny Legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Not legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Legal

Gladiator Legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2024-11-08
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.
2024-11-08
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.
2024-11-08
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.