
Printings
Artisan of Forms
Card Information
Type: Creature — Human Wizard
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Theros (THS)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 40
Oracle Text
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, you may have this creature become a copy of target creature, except it has this ability.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- September 15, 2013
When Artisan of Forms becomes a copy of a creature, it's neither entering nor leaving the battlefield. Any enters-the-battlefield or leaves-the-battlefield abilities won't trigger.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
If another creature becomes a copy of Artisan of Forms, it will become a copy of whatever Artisan of Forms is currently copying (if anything), plus it will have the triggered ability.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
The copy effect lasts indefinitely. Often, it will last until it is overwritten by another copy effect (if it copies another creature on a future turn, perhaps).
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
You choose the target for the triggered ability when the ability is put onto the stack. You choose whether or not Artisan of Forms becomes a copy of that creature when the ability resolves.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
If Artisan of Forms becomes a copy of a token creature, it copies the original characteristics of that token as defined by the effect that put it onto the battlefield. It won't become a token creature.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
If the creature is an illegal target when the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve. Artisan of Forms won't become a copy of that creature. It remains whatever it was a copy of.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
Artisan of Forms copies the printed values of the creature plus any copy effects that have been applied to it. It won't copy any other effects that have changed that creature's power, toughness, color, and so on. Artisan of Forms won't copy any counters on the creature, but Artisan of Forms will retain any counters it already had on it.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
Heroic abilities will trigger only once per spell, even if that spell targets the creature with the heroic ability multiple times.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
Heroic abilities will resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
Heroic abilities won't trigger when a copy of a spell is created on the stack or when a spell's targets are changed to include a creature with a heroic ability.
Source: wotc
Price History

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