First printed in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2022)

All 3 prints

Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #757, 2024
The List (PLST) #NEO-254, 2024
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #254, 2022

Patchwork Automaton

Artifact Creature — Construct

Ward 2 generic (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.0% of Modern decks played it (1 of 2236). Most played in UG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.6% of Legacy decks played it (7 of 1103). Most played in Affinity.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Patchwork Automaton in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO), Premier Draft	58.3%	+2.8	+5.3	24335
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO), Sealed	55.3%	+1.0	+2.9	2239

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Staple

Vintage staples: main deck, 5% of decks (#129)
Colorless, Creatures, Artifacts

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 1 of 2236 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.0

in the main deck

Win rate

40%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UG (unclassified)	0.5%	8%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UG kePs in Modern Challenge 16	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UG kePs, 24 Oct	3 main	#16 2-3

Legacy Other periods →

In 7 of 1103 decks (0.6%).

Share of decks

0.6%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

7 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

55%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Affinity	1.4%	40%
Mono-White (unclassified)	0.4%	25%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Mox Opal	100%	8.4
Urza's Saga	100%	5.5
Ancient Tomb	100%	3.5
Lotus Petal	100%	2.7
Kappa Cannoneer	86%	37.8
Pinnacle Emissary	86%	25.6
Emry, Lurker of the Loch	86%	21.5
Seat of the Synod	86%	21.5
Urza's Bauble	86%	16.9
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs	86%	13.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Affinity Diego Pernas Rego in Arzúa - Piknitas Legacy (puntúa para a LIL 26/27)	6-1 86%
Affinity Pablo Gonzalez Morales in Arzúa - Piknitas Legacy (puntúa para a LIL 26/27)	2-3 40%
Affinity choutin in Legacy Challenge 32	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Affinity bluehen28, 4 Oct	4 main
Affinity Diego Pernas Rego, 4 Oct	4 main	#1 6-1
Affinity Bagus Kurnia, 4 Oct	4 main	#7 3-1
Affinity Pablo Gonzalez Morales, 4 Oct	4 main	#17 2-3
Affinity Chad Goding, 3 Oct	4 main	#28 0-2
Mono-White therf, 2 Oct	4 main	5-0
Affinity choutin, 29 Sep	4 main	#28 2-3

Vintage Other periods →

In 14 of 438 decks (3.2%).

Share of decks

3.2%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

13 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.9

in the main deck

Win rate

46%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Colorless (unclassified)	5.5%	17%
Shops	2.1%	100%
Mono-White (unclassified)	1.6%	14%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Mishra's Workshop	100%	3.7
Ancient Tomb	100%	2.4
Stonecoil Serpent	92%	21.3
Scrawling Crawler	92%	11.6
Sol Ring	92%	1.6
Mana Crypt	92%	1.4
Urza's Saga	92%	1.3
Null Rod	85%	6.3
Trinisphere	85%	4.5
Wasteland	85%	2.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Shops Doc_B in Vintage Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Shops MaritLageUnleashed in Vintage Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Shops GoblinElder in Vintage Challenge 32	5-3 63%
Colorless adm29 in Vintage Challenge 16	4-3 57%
Shops LordRaistlin23 in Vintage Challenge 32	2-3 40%
Colorless Devouring Commander in Vintage Challenge 32	2-4 33%
Mono-White adm29 in Vintage Challenge 32	2-4 33%
Shops Erik157751 in Vintage Challenge 32	2-4 33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Shops juanjo123, 27 Oct	4 main	5-0
Shops LordRaistlin23, 26 Oct	4 main	5-0
Shops GoblinElder, 24 Oct	4 main	#4 5-3
Shops Doc_B, 24 Oct	4 main	#7 5-2
Shops MaritLageUnleashed, 24 Oct	4 main	#11 4-2
Shops MaritLageUnleashed, 21 Oct	4 main	5-0
Shops CardGameAddict, 21 Oct	4 main	5-0
Shops LordRaistlin23, 11 Oct	4 main	#19 2-3

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Commander, Duel Commander.