Pit Automaton - Uncommon Artifact Creature — Construct card from Aetherdrift
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Pit Automaton

Aetherdrift Uncommon
Type: Artifact Creature — Construct
Colors:
Number: 238
Finishes:
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Reprint: No
Card Text:
Defender
{T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
{2}, {T}: When you next activate an exhaust ability that isn't a mana ability this turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Printings:
Finish Market Price Lowest Price Highest Price Average Price
Normal $0.10 $0.04 $0.38 $0.09
Foil $0.15 $0.07 $0.45 $0.11
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Legality

Alchemy

Brawl

Commander

Duel

Gladiator

Historic

Legacy

Modern

Oathbreaker

Pauper

Pauper Commander

Penny

Pioneer

Standard

Timeless

Rulings
Feb 7, 2025

Exhaust abilities can be activated any time you could normally activate an ability.

Feb 7, 2025

If an ability triggers whenever you activate an exhaust ability, that ability resolves before the exhaust ability resolves.

Feb 7, 2025

If an exhaust ability of a permanent is activated, and then that permanent leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield, it becomes a new object so its exhaust ability can be activated again.

Feb 7, 2025

Pit Automaton has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, the delayed triggered ability doesn’t trigger if you activate an exhaust ability that is also a mana ability.