Watchful Automaton
Artifact Creature — Construct
AERAether Revolt#182common
Foil
"Before we can destroy our enemies, we must find them. We must peer into every wretched hovel and every teeming market." —Baral, Chief of Compliance
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 655
- Illustrator
- Eric Deschamps
- Found in
- Aether Revolt MTGO Redemption · Aether Revolt MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)Plays as: Scry
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.05
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.20
$0.12 low$0.04 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.05as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.07L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.20as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.25L $0.12since Feb 2024$0.12
$0.08
$0.04+33% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.05· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest Feb 9, 2017 · one tap opens all
- WotCFeb 9, 2017
If you activate Watchful Automaton’s ability more than once, you’ll scry 1 each time. You won’t be able to look at multiple cards at once.