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Magic · Modern Horizons · #38 · Uncommon

Universal Automaton (Retro Frame) (Foil Etched)

Magic card price for Universal Automaton (Retro Frame) (Foil Etched): $4.23 market, from $3.29 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$4.23
−1.4% this week · −8.6% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days−1.4%
30 days−8.6%
90 days+12.2%
1 year+12.2%
All time+91.4%

Sellers right now

$3.29lowest listing$24.01highest
Market price$4.23
Mid listing$4.29
Direct$5.24
30-day avg$4.35

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$4.23
Cardmarket$0.23 €0.20

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

One year

$3.7552-week low$4.8352-week high
In the range44%
All-time low$2.21
All-time high$6.01
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$3.69$4.10$4.52$4.94
$4.23
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Universal Automaton (Retro Frame) (Foil Etched) begins in February 2024 at $2.21; the market price today is $4.23, up 91.4% since then. In the last year the price changed +12.2% and ranged from $3.75 to $4.83, and it now trades in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $6.01, still 42.1% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $3.29, and the 30-day average market price is $4.35.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$4.23$3.29$24.01−1.4%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 1
Type line
Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
Rules text

Changeling

Flavor

"Within minutes, the strange device was indistinguishable from the other upon my workbench."

—Tocasia, journal entry

Other printings of Universal Automaton

5 more · $0.70 – $4.23
All printings
Universal Automaton (235), Modern Horizons — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Universal Automaton Modern Horizons · #235 $4.10 Universal Automaton (Retro Frame) (38), Modern Horizons — Magic card price +2.8% 7d Universal Automaton (Retro Frame) Modern Horizons · #38 $2.98 Universal Automaton (MH1) (235), The List Reprints — Magic card price +5.8% 7d Universal Automaton (MH1) The List Reprints · #235 $0.92 Universal Automaton (803), Jumpstart 2022 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Universal Automaton Jumpstart 2022 · #803 $0.90 Universal Automaton (J22) (803), The List Reprints — Magic card price −1.4% 7d Universal Automaton (J22) The List Reprints · #803 $0.70

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