Printings
Toolcraft Exemplar
Card Information
Type: Creature — Dwarf Artificer
Mana Cost: 
CMC: 1
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Kaladesh (KLD)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 32
Oracle Text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control an artifact, this creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. If you control three or more artifacts, it also gains first strike until end of turn.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- September 20, 2016
Whether or not you control three or more artifacts is checked only as the triggered ability resolves.
Source: wotc - September 20, 2016
If you control no artifacts as your combat phase begins, Toolcraft Exemplar's triggered ability doesn't trigger at all. If you control no artifacts as the triggered ability resolves, it has no effect.
Source: wotc
Price History
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