Blitz Automaton (BRO #158)
Blitz Automaton is a common printing from The Brothers' War (BRO #158), a Artifact Creature — Construct. Illustrated by Simon Dominic.
Card text
Prototype {2}{R} — 3/2 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Haste
While Urza's machines favored defense, Mishra built his to end the war quickly.
Details
| Mana cost | {7} |
|---|---|
| Type | Artifact Creature — Construct |
| Power / Toughness | 6 / 4 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Set | The Brothers' War (BRO) |
| Collector number | 158 |
| Artist | Simon Dominic |
| Released | 2022-11-18 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.16, foil $0.23 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Not legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Not legal |
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Rulings
- October 14, 2022 — A prototype card is a colorless card in every zone except the stack or the battlefield, as well as while on the stack or the battlefield if not cast as a prototyped spell. Ignore its alternative characteristics in those cases. For example, while it's in your graveyard, Blitz Automaton is a colorless creature card with mana value 7. It can't be the target of Recommission, a spell that targets an artifact or creature card with mana value 3 or less in your graveyard.
- October 14, 2022 — When cast as a prototyped spell, that spell has the mana cost, power, and toughness characteristics shown in its colored, secondary text box rather than the normal values of those characteristics. Its color and mana value are determined by that mana cost. The permanent that spell becomes as it resolves has the same characteristics. If the spell leaves the stack in any other way, or the permanent it becomes leaves the battlefield, it immediately resumes using its normal characteristics.
- October 14, 2022 — Regardless of how it was cast, a prototype card always has the same name, abilities, types, and so on. Only the mana cost, mana value, color, power, and toughness change depending on whether the card was cast as a prototyped spell.
- October 14, 2022 — The prototype ability functions in any zone that the spell could be cast from. For example, if an effect allows you to cast artifact spells from your graveyard, you could cast a prototyped Blitz Automaton from your graveyard.
- October 14, 2022 — Casting a prototyped spell isn't the same as casting it for an alternative cost, and an alternative cost may be applied to a spell cast this way. For example, if an effect allows you to cast an artifact card without paying its mana cost, you could either cast Blitz Automaton normally, or as a prototyped spell.
- October 14, 2022 — When casting a prototyped spell, use only its prototype characteristics to determine whether it's legal to cast it. For example, if Blitz Automaton is exiled with the last ability of Chandra, Dressed to Kill, you would be able to cast it for {2}{R} (because it's a red spell), even though you wouldn't be able to cast it as a colorless spell for its normal cost.
- October 14, 2022 — If an effect copies a prototyped spell, that copy (as well as the token it becomes on the battlefield) will have the same characteristics as the prototyped spell. Similarly, if an effect creates a token that's a copy of a prototyped permanent or causes another permanent to become a copy of it, the copy would have the same characteristics as the prototyped permanent.