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Tread Mill Unstable Borderless MTG card

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Tread Mill

ARTIFACT — CONTRAPTION Common
Unstable UST #208
$0.14

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Tread Mill Price Summary

Tread Mill's current headline price is $0.14.

Tread Mill Printings & Prices

1 printings

Tread Mill has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including borderless treatments.

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Tread Mill Rules Text & Legality

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Artifact — Contraption

Whenever you crank this Contraption, until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+2, gains vigilance, and becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.

Tread Mill is not legal in any of the major constructed formats.

standard
Not legal
pioneer
Not legal
modern
Not legal
legacy
Not legal
commander
Not legal
pauper
Not legal

Tread Mill Rulings

5 most recent
  • 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

2 printings

Tread Mill has been reprinted 2 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
UST #208 2017-12-08 Common Borderless
UST #208 2017-12-08 Common Borderless

Tread Mill FAQ

How much is Tread Mill worth?

Tread Mill is worth about $0.14 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 23, 2026.

Is Tread Mill legal in Commander?

No — Tread Mill is not legal in any of the major constructed formats (Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper).

Has Tread Mill been reprinted?

Yes — Tread Mill has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Tread Mill cheap?

Tread Mill trades at about $0.14 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful.