MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #222

Primal Clay

DIGITAL ONLY

me4·#222·common·foil

Illus. Kaja Foglio

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jan '11

15 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #22,909 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.04

Nonfoil$0.04

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

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME4 — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #222 of *Masters Edition IV*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2011 Masters Edition IV release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. 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 Kaja Foglio. Rarix catalogs 232 other cards credited to this artist.