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Construct
Construct
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/tribal cards)
Statistics
146 cards
{W} 0.7% {U} 1.4% {B} 0.7% {R} 1.4% {G} 0.7% {M} 0.7% {artifact symbol} 94.5%
as of Commander Legends
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type:"Construct"

Construct is a catch-all creature type used for artificial life-forms powered by mechanical means. All Constructs are artifact creatures.

Constructs are different from Golems, which are created through magic, but there is some degree of ambiguity between these types in the game.[1] They can be thought of as robots or automatons and come in a wide variety of forms, often imitating organic life.

The first creature to bear the construct type was Bronze Bombshell in Dissension, though many cards from Antiquities were later issued errata in the Grand Creature Type Update to become constructs as well.

Notable Constructs

Tokens

Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Construct Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct 0/0 This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.
Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct 1/1 Defender
Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct 1/1
Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct 2/2
Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct 4/4
Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct 6/12 Trample
Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct X/X
Red Artifact Creature — Construct 3/1 Haste
Ballistic Boulder Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct 2/1 Flying
Twin Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct X/X
Mechtitan Colorless Legendary Artifact Creature — Construct 10/10 Mechtitan is all colors.
Flying, vigilance, trample, lifelink, haste
Goblin Construct Colorless Artifact Creature — Goblin Construct 0/1 This creature can't block.
At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to you.
Skitterbeam Battalion[2] Red Artifact Creature — Construct 2/2 Trample, haste
Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct 4/4 Trample, haste
Silver-bordered
Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Construct Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct X/X

Trivia

References

  1. Mark Rosewater (March 01, 2017). "What's the difference between a golem and an automaton?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  2. The Skitterbeam Battalion token's mana cost, color, power and toughness depend on whether it was cast for its prototype cost or its default cost.
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