Guardian Automaton
Artifact Creature — Construct
ORIMagic Origins#227common
Foil
The wealthy in the city of Ghirapur outfit their lives with grand machines, entrusting even their children to filigree and gears.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster–1 in 896
- Illustrator
- Vincent Proce
- Found in
- Magic Origins Intro Pack Assemble Victory · Magic Origins MTGO Redemption · 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
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
When this creature dies, you gain 3 life.
3/3Plays as: Ltb Trigger
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.03
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.22
$0.05 low-$0.03 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.03as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.12L $0.01since Feb 2024$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Low: tcgplayer
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Foil
$0.22as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.25L $0.02since Apr 2024$0.05
$0.08
-$0.03-60% · buylist > ask
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Cheapest playable copy$0.03· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest Jun 22, 2015 · one tap opens all
- WotCJun 22, 2015
If Guardian Automaton dies at the same time as your life total is reduced to 0 or less, you’ll lose the game before the triggered ability resolves.