<p>"Artifact creature" is a <em>card type</em> (2 types to be exact, Artifact, and Creature), not a <em>creature type</em>. A <em>creature type</em> is always a sub-type of the "Creature" card type, like Elf, Orc, HUman, Soldier, Myr, and so on. So since Adaptive Automaton requires you to pick a <em>creature type</em>, you cannot pick "Artifact Creature"</p>

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Hackworth
<p>No, you can't, because "artifact" is not a <em>creature type</em>, it's a <em>card type</em>.</p>

<p>The information on the type line is divided into two portions, the type(s) and the subtype(s). Each word before the dash represents a type of the card, and each word after the dash (if any) represents a subtype. For example, Palladium Myr's type line says "Artifact Creature - Myr" so "artifact" and "creature" are its types and "Myr" is its subtype.</p>

<p>When a card says "creature type," it effectively means "subtype of a card which has 'Creature' or 'Tribal' as a type." In other words, the creature type is always a subtype, something that must appear <em>after</em> the dash.</p>

<p>Also, the complete list of possible creature types is given in the <a href="http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx?x=magic/rules" rel="noreferrer">comprehensive rules</a>, rule 204.3k as of this writing. When a card like Adaptive Automaton asks you to choose a creature type, you're only allowed to choose one of the words from that list (according to rule 204.3d).</p>

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David Z
<p>I want to use the card <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220147" rel="nofollow">Adaptive Automaton</a> in my white artifacts deck. Most of the creatures in the deck are artifact creatures. Now, I am not sure if "artifact creature" is a correct creature type. Let's take <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=212251" rel="nofollow">Palladium Myr</a> for example. It is of creature type "Myr" and also an "artifact creature". Are both attributes real creature types?</p>

<p>In case I cannot choose "artifact creature", those automatons will find a new home in my Elves deck, but I would prefer to have them in my white artifacts deck.</p>

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2011-09-05T04:33:13.940Z
You may be interested in [Xenograft](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=227544)
ghoppe
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2011-09-07T19:59:52.393Z
Or even more so: [Steel Overseer](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=205036) and [Tempered Steel](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=194391).
adamjford
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ghoppe: Interesting... I don't have blue in the deck in question but it might be interesting for other decks.


adamjford: I have 4 Tempered Steel in my Deck, they are really key to winning. I also experimented with Steel Overseers, but they are usually too slow to really pay off in my deck.
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Can I choose "Artifact Creature" as a creature type as Adaptive Automaton enters the battlefield?
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# Can I choose "Artifact Creature" as a creature type as Adaptive Automaton enters the battlefield?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-09-04)

I want to use the card [Adaptive Automaton](http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220147) in my white artifacts deck. Most of the creatures in the deck are artifact creatures. Now, I am not sure if "artifact creature" is a correct creature type. Let's take [Palladium Myr](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=212251) for example. It is of creature type "Myr" and also an "artifact creature". Are both attributes real creature types?

In case I cannot choose "artifact creature", those automatons will find a new home in my Elves deck, but I would prefer to have them in my white artifacts deck.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You may be interested in [Xenograft](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=227544)  
> **username_2**: Or even more so: [Steel Overseer](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=205036) and [Tempered Steel](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=194391).  
> **username_0**: username_1: Interesting... I don't have blue in the deck in question but it might be interesting for other decks.   username_2: I have 4 Tempered Steel in my Deck, they are really key to winning. I also experimented with Steel Overseers, but they are usually too slow to really pay off in my deck.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2011-09-04. Score: 20 | Accepted answer

No, you can't, because "artifact" is not a *creature type*, it's a *card type*.

The information on the type line is divided into two portions, the type(s) and the subtype(s). Each word before the dash represents a type of the card, and each word after the dash (if any) represents a subtype. For example, Palladium Myr's type line says "Artifact Creature - Myr" so "artifact" and "creature" are its types and "Myr" is its subtype.

When a card says "creature type," it effectively means "subtype of a card which has 'Creature' or 'Tribal' as a type." In other words, the creature type is always a subtype, something that must appear *after* the dash.

Also, the complete list of possible creature types is given in the [comprehensive rules](http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx?x=magic/rules), rule 204.3k as of this writing. When a card like Adaptive Automaton asks you to choose a creature type, you're only allowed to choose one of the words from that list (according to rule 204.3d).


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### Answer by username_3 on 2011-09-04. Score: 4

"Artifact creature" is a *card type* (2 types to be exact, Artifact, and Creature), not a *creature type*. A *creature type* is always a sub-type of the "Creature" card type, like Elf, Orc, HUman, Soldier, Myr, and so on. So since Adaptive Automaton requires you to pick a *creature type*, you cannot pick "Artifact Creature"


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