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Magic · Explorers of Ixalan · #42 · Rare

Adaptive Automaton

Magic card price for Adaptive Automaton: $1.89 market, from $0.82 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$1.89
+2.2% this week · +7.4% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+2.2%
30 days+7.4%
90 days+3.9%
1 year−6.0%
All time+53.7%

Sellers right now

$0.82lowest listing$19.95highest
Market price$1.89
Mid listing$1.81
Direct$1.99
30-day avg$1.82

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$1.89
Cardmarket$2.06 €1.83

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$1.6952-week low$2.2452-week high
In the range36%
All-time low$1.18
All-time high$4.58
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.00$2.30$3.61$4.92
$1.89
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Adaptive Automaton entered our records in February 2024 at $1.23 and stands at $1.89 today, up 53.7% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved −6.0%, trading between $1.69 and $2.24. The current price is in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $4.58, 142% above today. Listings currently start at $0.82; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $1.82.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$1.89$0.82$19.95+2.2%

The card in play

Power / Toughness2 / 2
Type line
Artifact Creature — Construct
Rules text

As Adaptive Automation enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Adaptive Automation is the chosen type in addition to its other types.

Other creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Other printings of Adaptive Automaton

7 more · $0.49 – $7.09
All printings
Adaptive Automaton (Borderless) (1109), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Adaptive Automaton (Borderless) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1109 $7.09 Adaptive Automaton (201), Magic 2012 (M12) — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Adaptive Automaton Magic 2012 (M12) · #201 $3.68 Adaptive Automaton (231), Double Masters — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Adaptive Automaton Double Masters · #231 $2.20 Adaptive Automaton (1), The Brothers' War: Retro Frame Artifacts — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Adaptive Automaton The Brothers' War: Retro Frame Artifacts · #1 $1.95 Adaptive Automaton (Schematic) (64), The Brothers' War: Retro Frame Artifacts — Magic card price −0.6% 7d Adaptive Automaton (Schematic) The Brothers' War: Retro Frame Artifacts · #64 $1.62

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