Printings
Primal Clay
Card Information
Type: Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Masters 25 (A25)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 228
Oracle Text
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.)
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- March 19, 2021
If an object on the battlefield becomes a copy of Primal Clay, it copies the values determined by its enters-the-battlefield replacement effect.
Source: wotc - March 19, 2021
While not on the battlefield, Primal Clay is a 0/0 creature card. It doesn't have flying or defender.
Source: wotc - March 19, 2021
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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