Primal Clay
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Type
- Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
- Power / toughness
- * / *
- Set
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #342 (rare)
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.)
Primal Clay has 11 printings, first in Summer Magic / Edgar (1994). EDHREC ranks it #23,898 among Commander cards. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Often played with Primal Clay
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If an object on the battlefield becomes a copy of Primal Clay, it copies the values determined by its enters-the-battlefield replacement effect.
- : While not on the battlefield, Primal Clay is a 0/0 creature card. It doesn't have flying or defender.
- : 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.