Complex Automaton
Artifact Creature — Golem
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control seven or more permanents, return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #29523
Complex Automaton enters as an X/X where X is the number of artifact creatures you control, so in the right deck it's immediately one of your largest threats. The floor is embarrassingly low and the ceiling scales hard — this is a payoff card, not a standalone.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Complex Automaton is a Commander card through and through — the format's singleton rule and longer games give you time to build the artifact creature density that makes it threatening. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; powered shells have no interest in a vanilla-statted creature that requires board setup. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's game pace that the same logic applies, though the smaller starting life total means the payoff arrives faster when it does land.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Complex Automaton is firmly bulk — you're picking this up as a throw-in, not a purchase. Bulk rares with narrow synergy requirements rarely climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.