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◇ Catalog #395

Primal Clay

5ed·#395·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Adam Rex

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wishlisted

Mar 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.45+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.47 · low $0.42

NM$0.45

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.42–$0.48modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.48low $0.21range 128.6%n 56

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #22,909 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.45

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Wall artifact creature with defender in addition to its other types. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

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Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2021-03-19wotc

If an object on the battlefield becomes a copy of Primal Clay, it copies the values determined by its enters-the-battlefield replacement effect.

2021-03-19wotc

While not on the battlefield, Primal Clay is a 0/0 creature card. It doesn't have flying or defender.

2021-03-19wotc

If an object enters the battlefield as a copy of Primal Clay, it copies the values determined by its enters-the-battlefield replacement effect, but its power and toughness are determined by the copy's own enters-the-battlefield replacement effect. This can cause you to have a 3/3 creature with flying, or a 1/6 creature with flying and defender, for example.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.45. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.21 and $0.48 across 56 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 5ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #395 of *Fifth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1997 Fifth Edition release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4} (4 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #22,909 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Adam Rex. Rarix catalogs 486 other cards credited to this artist.