Empowered Autogenerator is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
This artifact enters tapped.: Put a charge counter on this artifact. Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of charge counters on this artifact.
Complete guide
Empowered Autogenerator is a unique mana rock that rewards patience by scaling its power over time. While it starts slow by entering the battlefield tapped, it can eventually produce massive amounts of mana in longer games.
How it Works
The Autogenerator has a single activated ability that does two things simultaneously: it places a charge counter on itself and then adds mana equal to the new total of charge counters. Because this is a mana ability, it does not use the stack and your opponents cannot respond to the increase in mana production.
Resolution Step by Step
Step one: You tap the artifact to activate the ability. Step two: You put a charge counter on Empowered Autogenerator. Step three: You check the total number of charge counters currently on the artifact. Step four: You choose a color and add that much mana to your mana pool.
Strategic Timing
Since it enters tapped, you usually cannot use it the turn it arrives. It is best played early in a match or in a deck that can untap artifacts frequently. Because the mana increases every time you tap it, you should prioritize using its ability every turn cycle to build up its 'X' value.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumOn turn four, you cast Empowered Autogenerator. It enters the battlefield tapped and cannot be used yet. On turn five, you tap it to add one mana, then use that mana plus four lands to cast Solemn Simulacrum, searching for a basic land to further accelerate your resource total.
Commander's SphereIn a long game, Commander's Sphere will always provide exactly one mana. In contrast, if you have activated Empowered Autogenerator three times previously, the next time you tap it, you put a fourth counter on it and add four mana of any one color, vastly outperforming standard mana rocks.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Empowered Autogenerator
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Empowered Autogenerator's activated ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Filigree Sages + Empowered Autogenerator
- 1Activate Empowered Autogenerator by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding
for each charge counter on it. - 2Activate Filigree Sages by paying
, untapping Empowered Autogenerator. - 3Repeat.
Voltaic Key + Rings of Brighthearth + Empowered Autogenerator
- 1Activate Empowered Autogenerator by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding at least
. - 2Activate Voltaic Key by paying
and tapping it, targeting itself. - 3Rings of Brighthearth triggers, causing you to pay to copy Voltaic Key's ability, targeting Empowered Autogenerator.
- 4Resolve both Voltaic Key abilities, untapping it and Empowered Autogenerator.
- 5Repeat.
Clock of Omens + Staff of Domination + Basalt Monolith + Empowered Autogenerator
- 1Activate Empowered Autogenerator by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding at least four mana of any color.
- 2Activate Clock of Omens by tapping Staff of Domination and Basalt Monolith, untapping Empowered Autogenerator.
- 3Activate Basalt Monolith's second ability by paying
, untapping it. - 4Activate Staff of Domination's first ability by paying , untapping it.
- 5Repeat.
- 6Once you have infinite mana, you may use it to activate Staff of Domination's other abilities and/or untap any artifact(s) you control.
Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam + Manifold Key + Empowered Autogenerator
- 1Activate Empowered Autogenerator by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding at least .
- 2Activate Manifold Key by paying and tapping it, untapping Empowered Autogenerator.
- 3Activate Empowered Autogenerator by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding for each charge counter on it.
- 4Activate Drafna's first ability by paying , returning Manifold Key from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Cast Manifold Key by paying .
- 6Repeat from step 2.
Trazyn the Infinite + Staff of Domination + Empowered Autogenerator
- 1Activate Trazyn using Empowered Autogenerator's ability by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding one mana of any color for each charge counter on it.
- 2Activate Trazyn using Staff of Domination's first ability by paying , untapping it.
- 3Repeat.
Trazyn the Infinite + Voltaic Construct + Empowered Autogenerator
- 1Activate Trazyn using Empowered Autogenerator's ability by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding one mana of any color for each charge counter on it.
- 2Activate Voltaic Construct or activate Trazyn using Voltaic Construct's ability by paying , untapping Trazyn.
- 3Repeat.
Myr Welder + Empowered Autogenerator + Staff of Domination
- 1Activate Myr Welder using Empowered Autogenerator's ability by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding one mana of any color for each charge counter on it.
- 2If Staff of Domination is exiled, activate Myr Welder using Staff of Domination's first ability by paying , untapping it.
- 3Otherwise, activate Staff of Domination's third ability by paying and tapping it, untapping Myr Welder. Then, activate Staff of Domination's first ability by paying , untapping it.
- 4Repeat.
Trazyn the Infinite + Pili-Pala + Empowered Autogenerator
- 1Activate Trazyn using Empowered Autogenerator's ability by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding one mana of any color for each charge counter on it.
- 2Activate Trazyn using Pili-Pala's ability by paying and untapping it, adding one mana of any color.
- 3Repeat.
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