Precursor Golem

Printings

  • Modern Masters 2015 (MM2)#225
  • The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR)#105z
  • The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR)#42
  • Scars of Mirrodin (SOM)#194
  • The List (PLST)#MM2-225
  • The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR)#105

Precursor Golem

Card Information

Type: Artifact Creature — Golem

Mana Cost: 5

CMC: 5

Part of the Reserved List: No

Set: Modern Masters 2015 (MM2)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 225

Oracle Text

When this creature enters, create two 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature tokens. Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single Golem, that player copies that spell for each other Golem that spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those Golems.

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Related Cards

Precursor Golem(Artifact Creature — Golem)
Golem(Token Artifact Creature — Golem)

Card Rulings

  1. January 1, 2011

    The controller of a copy can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.

    Source: wotc
  2. January 1, 2011

    The controller of the spell that caused Precursor Golem's second ability to trigger also controls all the copies. That player chooses the order the copies are put onto the stack. The original spell will be on the stack beneath those copies and will resolve last.

    Source: wotc
  3. January 1, 2011

    If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Fireball does), the copies have the same value of X.

    Source: wotc
  4. January 1, 2011

    The copies that Precursor Golem's second ability creates are created on the stack, so they're not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell (like Precursor Golem's second ability itself) won't trigger.

    Source: wotc
  5. January 1, 2011

    Any Golem that couldn't be targeted by the original spell (due to shroud, protection abilities, targeting restrictions, or any other reason) is just ignored by Precursor Golem's second ability.

    Source: wotc
  6. January 1, 2011

    If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copies will have the same mode. Their controller can't choose a different one.

    Source: wotc
  7. January 1, 2011

    If an instant or sorcery spell has multiple targets, but it's targeting the same Golem with all of them (such as Agony Warp targeting the same Golem twice), Precursor Golem's last ability will trigger.

    Source: wotc
  8. January 1, 2011

    The second ability triggers whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell that targets only one Golem and no other object or player. That Golem can be Precursor Golem itself, one of the Golem tokens it created, or any other Golem. It doesn't matter who controls the Golem.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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