---
name: "Hopping Automaton"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Construct"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "297"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Val Mayerik"
oracle_id: "7848e040-e1b4-4f81-922e-b1eca8fe4398"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hopping-automaton-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hopping Automaton
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Construct
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{0}: This creature gets -1/-1 and gains flying until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Roterothopter](/printing/roterothopter-hml.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
3. [Applied Aeronautics](/printing/applied-aeronautics-ust.md) — Artifact — Contraption
4. [Flowstone Thopter](/printing/flowstone-thopter-nem.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
5. [Ornithopter](/printing/ornithopter-5ed.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
6. [Hyalopterous Lemure](/printing/hyalopterous-lemure-me1.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #297
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Val Mayerik
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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