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Machinesmith Automaton MSH 0144 · common

Machinesmith Automaton · {2}{R} · Artifact Creature — Robot Villain · Trample Whenever another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. · Power / toughness: 2/2 · "Every day, I find new ways to improve upon my designs. This is the inherent superiority of metal over flesh and blood." —Machinesmith, Samuel Saxon

Machinesmith Automaton · {2}{R} · Artifact Creature — Robot Villain · Trample Whenever another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. · Power / toughness: 2/2 · "Every day, I find new ways to improve upon my designs. This is the inherent superiority of metal over flesh and blood." —Machinesmith, Samuel Saxon

Price
from $0.131 printing
Win rate
50.3% GIH 2,994 instances · Pick-Two Draft
Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 1,507 wins in 2,994 card-in-hand instances.

2,608 distinct games · 1,321 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026.

17Lands file dated Jul 27, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

Later artifacts permanently grow a trampling attacker. Artifact tokens count; play the Automaton before creating them when practical.

More

One-pick Draft
Later artifacts permanently grow a trampling attacker. Artifact tokens count; play the Automaton before creating them when practical.
Sealed vs Draft
Later artifacts permanently grow a trampling attacker. Artifact tokens count; play the Automaton before creating them when practical.

Draft data

50.3%when drawn (GIH)

−6.5 pp vs 56.8% average · 2,994 instances

Pick-Two Draft · Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026 · average from 106,417 games

#247 of 259 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.9 on average (31,684 packs).

31 of 37 red cards · 14 of 15 red common cards.

Taken at pick5.46,603 picks
Makes the deck34.1%3,121 picks with known usage
When played49.6%3,513 matchesBenched 55.8%
6,750 matches
When drawn50.3%2,994 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 49.2% · 1,183 instances
● Drawn later 51.1% · 1,811 instances

In hand 50.3% · 2,994 instances
Unseen in deck 50.4% · 4,027 instances
−0.1 percentage points when drawn

Compared with red cards

Win rate when drawn50.3%2,994 instances31 of 37
Opening hand49.2%1,183 instances28 of 37
Drawn later51.1%1,811 instances31 of 37
In the deck50.4%7,013 instances36 of 37
Without seeing it50.4%4,027 instances34 of 37
Improvement when drawn−0.1 pp2,994 instances / 4,027 instances20 of 37
When benched55.8%6,750 matches13 of 37
Makes the deck34.1%3,121 picks with known usage24 of 37
Pick (last seen)3.931,684 packs35 of 43
Taken at5.46,603 picks28 of 37

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Artifacts UR54.3%981 instancesNoncreature Spells RW52.2% ◌136 instancesVillains Matter BR50.2% ◌269 instancesPower-Up RG56.0%50 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (50.3% · 2,994 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

HYDRA Assault Robot2,708 games with both in the deckLightning Strike2,347 games with both in the deckCrimson Operative2,279 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 5% of 259 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

MSH 0144 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilJumpstart Booster Pack · Play Booster$0.13
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.22

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.30%) · 33.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 51 packs (1.96%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 133 packs (0.75%) · 20.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 11 packs (8.73%) · 93.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Play BoosterCommon or source material23 in 24Common
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional foil commons
Jumpstart BoosterOne complete 20-card theme100% per positionFixed cards from one of 51 themes

Wizards · Collecting Marvel Super Heroes ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Wero Gallo, MSH 144 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Marvel Super Heroes · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗