Animation Module

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Animation Module: Artifact, Kaladesh. Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a permanent you control, you may pay 1. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}
Mana value
1
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Kaladesh (KLD)
Released
2016-09-30
Collector number
194
Artist
Aaron Miller
Commander rank
4,344 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Animation Module

Animation Module is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Kaladesh (KLD), an expansion set released in September 2016. It is collector number 194 in that set, with art by Aaron Miller. It costs {1} (one generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to Kaladesh Remastered (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.77 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a permanent you control, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.

{3}, {T}: Choose a counter on target permanent or player. Give that permanent or player another counter of that kind.

Design leads to progress.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.77 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Animation Module by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Animation Module

Animation Module has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #220Rare2020
Kaladesh Promos (PKLD) #194sRare2016

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Animation Module, newest first.

  • Abilities that trigger when counters are put on a permanent trigger when a permanent enters the battlefield with counters and when a player puts counters on a permanent.
  • You can pay {1} only once each time Animation Module's first ability resolves. You can't pay more to create extra Servo tokens.
  • If +1/+1 counters are put on more than one permanent you control at the same time, Animation Module's first ability triggers once for each of those permanents.

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