---
name: "Dovin's Automaton"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Homunculus"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "RNA"
set_name: "Ravnica Allegiance"
collector_number: "268"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Adam Paquette"
oracle_id: "3d133b18-f1c7-48de-82a6-affb0514b96b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dovins-automaton-rna"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dovin's Automaton
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Homunculus
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
As long as you control a Dovin planeswalker, this creature gets +2/+2 and has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)

> *It was made for battle, but that doesn't mean it's unsophisticated.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dovin, Grand Arbiter](/printing/dovin-grand-arbiter-voc.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Dovin
2. [Court Homunculus](/printing/court-homunculus-mm2.md) — Artifact Creature — Homunculus
3. [Dovin, Architect of Law](/printing/dovin-architect-of-law-rna.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Dovin
4. [Dovin Baan](/printing/dovin-baan-pkld.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Dovin
5. [Phalanx Vanguard](/printing/phalanx-vanguard-bro.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Aether Inspector](/printing/aether-inspector-klr.md) — Creature — Dwarf Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) #268
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Adam Paquette
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`