Burnished Automaton should be written more like Blinky said. It's still possible they come from 3 of the 4 Pre-constructed decks. Most of you seem to understand it, but are you aware that this isn't exactly a game-altering card. Otherwise, a nice assortment of unoficial cards. Or any of the hundreds of creature killers in every color.
Creatures are easy to deal with nowadays.
Eh not bad. But throw in the fact its green and has a decent drawback and its pretty regular. And theres a difference between preventing any one damamge you want, and preventing the first one damage. I can't confirm these any more than the rest of you, but I believe they're real. The automaton looks like the next step with the basic lands you control deal.