Autonomous Assembler
Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
Prototype — 2/2 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Vigilance,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target Assembly-Worker you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #24224
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
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
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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Combo lines featuring this card
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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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.