Pit Automaton
Card Information
Type: Artifact Creature — Construct
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Aetherdrift (DFT)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 238
Oracle 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.
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Card Rulings
- February 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.
Source: wotc - February 7, 2025
If an ability triggers whenever you activate an exhaust ability, that ability resolves before the exhaust ability resolves.
Source: wotc - February 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.
Source: wotc - February 7, 2025
Exhaust abilities can be activated any time you could normally activate an ability.
Source: wotc
Price History
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