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Auto-Key Unstable Borderless MTG card
UST #170 · Art by Jason Felix
UST set symbol, CommonUnstable#170Common

Auto-Key

Artifact · Contraption
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Auto-Key Printings & Prices

Auto-Key has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including borderless treatments.

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Auto-Key Rules Text & Legality

Auto-Key

Whenever you crank this Contraption, until end of turn, target creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types and gains "{T}: You gain 3 life."

Auto-Key is not legal in any of the major constructed formats.

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Auto-Key Rulings

  • Jan 19, 2018

    Any Contraption that's on the battlefield and wasn't assembled immediately heads to the scrapyard. However, if it's a not an actual Contraption card (like Copy Artifact isn't), it goes to your graveyard as normal. Non-Contraption cards can't be in the scrapyard.

  • Jan 19, 2018

    At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control any Contraptions, move the CRANK! counter to the next sprocket. You may then crank any number of Contraptions on that sprocket, causing their abilities to trigger. Cranking a Contraption is always optional.

  • Jan 19, 2018

    Contraptions are artifacts. Anything that interacts with artifacts will interact with Contraptions.

  • Jan 19, 2018

    Contraptions aren't put into your main deck. They go into a separate deck called the Contraption deck.

  • Jan 19, 2018

    If a Contraption would leave the battlefield and go to any zone other than exile, it instead goes to the scrapyard, the Contraption deck's version of the graveyard. Things that affect the graveyard do not affect the scrapyard. You can exile Contraptions just fine.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

Auto-Key has been reprinted 2 times.

  • Dec 8, 2017UST set symbol, CommonUnstable · BorderlessUST #170
  • Dec 8, 2017UST set symbol, CommonUnstable · Borderless, foilUST #170

Auto-Key FAQ

How much is Auto-Key worth?

Auto-Key is worth about $0.24 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 8, 2026.

Is Auto-Key legal in Commander?

No. Auto-Key is not legal in any of the major constructed formats (Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper).

Has Auto-Key been reprinted?

Yes. Auto-Key has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Auto-Key cheap?

Auto-Key trades at about $0.24; 2 reprints keep supply plentiful.