Dovin's Automaton
Artifact Creature — Homunculus
As long as you control a Dovin planeswalker, this creature gets +2/+2 and has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #29433
Dovin's Automaton is a five-mana 3/4 that lets you pay two and discard a card to draw a card — a looting effect stapled to a vanilla-sized body. The rate is too expensive in every format that has better options, which is all of them.
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 |
Dovin's Automaton sees no meaningful play in any competitive format. In Commander, a five-mana 3/4 with a costly loot ability competes against artifacts and creatures that draw cards for free or at a fraction of the cost, and it loses that comparison badly. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage have zero incentive to run it when those formats demand efficiency Dovin's Automaton cannot provide. Oathbreaker and Pioneer are the same story — the card is legal, not playable.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Dovin's Automaton is deep bulk, and that price reflects its play rate accurately. Don't expect it to climb — bulk filler with no competitive application stays bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.