Mindless Automaton
Mindless Automaton: Artifact Creature - Construct, Edge of Eternities Commander. This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Construct
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Power / toughness
- 0/0
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC)
- Released
- 2025-08-01
- Collector number
- 142
- Artist
- Chris Seaman
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About Mindless Automaton
Mindless Automaton is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact creature from Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC), a Commander product released in August 2025. It is collector number 142 in that set, with art by Chris Seaman. It costs {4} (four generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 0/0 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Exodus (1998) to Edge of Eternities Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
{1}, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove two +1/+1 counters from this creature: Draw a card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Mindless Automaton by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Mindless Automaton
Mindless Automaton has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #365 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #326 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Eternal Masters (EMA) #227 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Tempest Remastered (TPR) #227 | Rare | 2015 |
| Time Spiral Timeshifted (TSB) #111 | Special | 2006 |
| Exodus (EXO) #135 | Rare | 1998 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Mindless Automaton.
- If removing two +1/+1 counters from Mindless Automaton causes the amount of damage already marked on Mindless Automaton to be equal to or greater than its toughness, it will be put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action before the ability can be activated again and before the card is drawn.
Similar cards
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