---
name: "Universal Automaton"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Changeling"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "MH1-235"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ben Maier"
oracle_id: "d50b1d2e-1825-432a-ab73-068fdc356f50"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/universal-automaton-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Universal Automaton
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Changeling

## Oracle Text
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

> *"Within minutes, the strange device was indistinguishable from the other upon my workbench."
—Tocasia, journal entry*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Amoeboid Changeling](/printing/amoeboid-changeling-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Woodland Changeling](/printing/woodland-changeling-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Changeling Outcast](/printing/changeling-outcast-mh1.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Shapesharer](/printing/shapesharer-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Chomping Changeling](/printing/chomping-changeling-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Three Tree Mascot](/printing/three-tree-mascot-fdn.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #MH1-235
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ben Maier
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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