Autonomous Assembler

Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker

Prototype {1}{W} — 2/2 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Vigilance
{1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target Assembly-Worker you control.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{5}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Magic Online Promos
Price
EDHREC rank
#24224
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Autonomous Assembler card art
Autonomous Assembler is a colorless artifact creature that can pump itself with any color of mana, making it a flexible threat in multicolor and artifact-heavy Commander builds. The ceiling is real in the right shell, but a vanilla beater with a mana-sink ability rarely earns a slot outside dedicated synergy decks.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Autonomous Assembler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in any 60-card format — the bar for a do-nothing-until-you-sink-mana creature is simply too high. In Commander, it finds its most plausible home in artifact-tribal decks or colorless/multicolor builds where the color-agnostic pump clause has actual mechanical relevance. Even there, it's competing for slots against creatures that generate immediate value, and a 1/3 base body for three mana is a tough sell at a 100-card table.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Autonomous Assembler isn't currently available, but as a non-chase, non-staple artifact creature it almost certainly sits in bulk or near-bulk range. Pick it up if a specific deck calls for it — there's no reason to speculate.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.