Sets / The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts

Adaptive Automaton

The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts · Rare · Foil · #1 · Current price $1.94

The card

{3} · Artifact Creature — Construct · 2/2

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.

Price history

Traded between $1.60 and $1.96 over the last 90 days, peaking 2 Aug 2026. Now $1.94 — 1.0% below its 90-day high. Over the window it moved +19.8%.

AI price forecast

• 7-day: $1.94 (+0.0%, high confidence) — 80% range $1.91 to $2.00
• 14-day: $1.95 (+0.6%, high confidence) — 80% range $1.89 to $2.04
• 30-day: $1.97 (+1.8%, high confidence) — 80% range $1.86 to $2.14

Other printings

Adaptive Automaton has 11 printings tracked here; this is the 6th most expensive.

• Secret Lair Drop — $6.93
• Secret Lair Drop (Foil) — $6.88
• Magic 2012 (Foil) — $3.19
• Double Masters (Foil) — $2.25
• Double Masters — $2.07
• Explorers of Ixalan — $1.76
• The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (Foil) — $1.70
• The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts — $1.58

Playability & legality

EDHREC rank 1760 — a measure of how often it appears in Commander decks.

Legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl.

About this printing

• This is a reprint, not a first printing.
• 1997 frame.
• Art by Igor Kieryluk.

Forecasts are statistical estimates with confidence intervals, not guarantees. Collectibles are speculative. This is not financial advice.