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Watchful Automaton

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Artifact Creature — Construct

Aether Revolt·aer #182·Common·2017·Art by Eric Deschamps
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal
Watchful Automaton
View on Scryfall

Oracle Text

{2}{U}: 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

"Before we can destroy our enemies, we must find them. We must peer into every wretched hovel and every teeming market." —Baral, Chief of Compliance

P / T

2 / 2

Print Details

Set
Aether Revolt (AER)
Number
#182
Rarity
Common
Artist
Eric Deschamps
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.05
USD Foil
$0.20
EUR
€0.05
EUR Foil
€0.16
MTGO Tix
0.03

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings1

2/9/2017·wotc

If you activate Watchful Automaton’s ability more than once, you’ll scry 1 each time. You won’t be able to look at multiple cards at once.

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