Adaptive Automaton
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This printing
SetBRR
Collector #1
Released2022-11-18
Rarityrare
ArtistIgor Kieryluk
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Adaptive Automaton

RareMV 3
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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Card capabilities
ArtifactCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Rulings (3)
wotc8 Nov 2024
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.
wotc8 Nov 2024
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.
wotc8 Nov 2024
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.