---
name: "Stridehangar Automaton"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Construct"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "DRC"
set_name: "Aetherdrift Commander"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Aaron J. Riley"
oracle_id: "9070c98b-fd01-4eeb-a4ec-fc464946c7c0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stridehangar-automaton-drc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Stridehangar Automaton
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Construct
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/4

## Oracle Text
Thopters you control get +1/+1.
If one or more artifact tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus an additional 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying are created instead.

> *"Avishkar saluda al Multiverso con los brazos abiertos, pero no pienses que estamos indefensos".
—Pia Nalaar*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thopter Assembly](/printing/thopter-assembly-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
2. [Thopter Squadron](/printing/thopter-squadron-vma.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
3. [Thopter Engineer](/printing/thopter-engineer-c21.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
4. [Nimble Thopterist](/printing/nimble-thopterist-dft.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer
5. [Thopter Fabricator](/printing/thopter-fabricator-dft.md) — Artifact — Vehicle
6. [Ghirapur Gearcrafter](/printing/ghirapur-gearcrafter-pio.md) — Creature — Human Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #19
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Aaron J. Riley
- **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: `not_legal`