Pit Automaton
Artifact Creature — Construct
DFTAetherdrift#238uncommon
Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 328
- Illustrator
- Villarrte
- Found in
- Aetherdrift MTGO Redemption · Aetherdrift Play Booster Pack · Aetherdrift Collector Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Defender
: Add 
. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
, : When you next activate an exhaust ability that isn't a mana ability this turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.
0/4: Add . Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
, : When you next activate an exhaust ability that isn't a mana ability this turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.Defender
Plays as: Mana Rock
Market · per finishspark updated 8h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.25
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+16.7%
$0.28
$0.05 low-$0.03 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.25as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.38L $0.03since Jan 2025$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.28as of 2026-07-12
+16.7%
H $0.39L $0.07since Feb 2025$0.05
$0.08
-$0.03-60% · buylist > ask
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Cheapest playable copy$0.25· across 1 printing
Rulings
4 · latest Feb 7, 2025 · one tap opens all
- WotCFeb 7, 2025
Exhaust abilities can be activated any time you could normally activate an ability.
- WotCFeb 7, 2025
If an ability triggers whenever you activate an exhaust ability, that ability resolves before the exhaust ability resolves.
- WotCFeb 7, 2025
If an exhaust ability of a permanent is activated, and then that permanent leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield, it becomes a new object so its exhaust ability can be activated again.
- WotCFeb 7, 2025
Pit Automaton has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, the delayed triggered ability doesn’t trigger if you activate an exhaust ability that is also a mana ability.