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Magic · Magic 2012 (M12) · #201 · Rare

Adaptive Automaton

Magic card price for Adaptive Automaton: $3.68 market, from $1.99 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$3.68
0.0% this week · +15.4% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+15.4%
90 days+11.9%
1 year+2.5%
All time−14.0%

Sellers right now

$1.99lowest listing$19.33highest
Market price$3.68
Mid listing$3.68
30-day avg$3.67

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$3.68
Cardmarket$3.53 €3.14

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

One year

$2.3352-week low$7.9152-week high
In the range24%
All-time low$2.33
All-time high$7.91
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.72$3.34$5.97$8.59
$3.68
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Adaptive Automaton (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $4.28 and stands at $3.68 today, down 14.0% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +2.5%, trading between $2.33 and $7.91. The current price is in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $7.91, still 115% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $1.99, and the 30-day average market price is $3.67.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$3.68$1.99$19.330.0%
Normal$1.35$0.61$12.220.0%

The card in play

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

As Adaptive Automaton enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Adaptive Automaton is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
Other creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Flavor

Such loyalty can only be made.

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 (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 (42), Explorers of Ixalan — Magic card price +2.2% 7d Adaptive Automaton Explorers of Ixalan · #42 $1.89 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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