Blitz Automaton
Artifact Creature — Construct
Prototype 
— 3/2 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Haste
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #18482
Blitz Automaton gives any artifact creature haste and a one-time loot effect for three mana — useful in the turn it enters, forgettable after that. It's a role-player at best, not a staple, and earns a slot only in decks that specifically need cheap haste enablers on an artifact body.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blitz Automaton is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it competes poorly in every constructed format where three-mana do-little artifacts get cut. In Commander, it finds its clearest home in artifact-matters or artifact-creature-heavy decks that want to give a key piece haste the turn it lands — think Breya or Sharuum shells that need the ETB trigger to fire immediately. Pauper is the one format where the common designation matters and the effect might see occasional fringe play, though even there haste enablers at this cost face stiff competition.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Blitz Automaton is deep bulk — you're paying a quarter for four copies with change left over. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; there's no realistic demand spike that changes this card's trajectory.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.