Jangling Automaton
Artifact Creature — Construct
Whenever this creature attacks, untap all creatures defending player controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #21243
Jangling Automaton taps all creatures its controller controls when it enters — a symmetrical punishment effect that hits the whole table. General Marhault Elsdragon turns that forced tap into a one-sided board wipe, and that's the only home where this card earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Marhault Elsdragon
General Marhault Elsdragon deals damage equal to a creature's power whenever it's blocked, so tapping your opponents' creatures with Jangling Automaton before combat forces bad blocks and turns every attacker into a removal spell.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Jangling Automaton is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive ceiling is essentially zero outside of Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, a two-mana 2/2 that taps your own creatures is too slow and too punishing to your own board to see play. Pauper has better two-drop artifacts with no drawback. In Commander, Jangling Automaton exists in one narrow slot: forced-tap strategies, specifically under General Marhault Elsdragon, where the enter-the-battlefield trigger becomes a weapon rather than a liability.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Jangling Automaton is deep bulk — buy a copy for a quarter and never think about the price again. It won't appreciate; it's a narrow card with a small audience, and that ceiling is already priced in.
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Sources
Mentioned
- General Marhault Elsdragon
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.