Simulacrum
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Foreign Black Border #130 (uncommon)
You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.
Simulacrum has 12 printings, first in Unlimited Edition (1993). EDHREC ranks it #17,065 among Commander cards. It appears most in Smaug the Impenetrable decks (622 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Simulacrum most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Smaug the Impenetrable: 622 decks
- Ascendant Evincar: 9 decks
- Baron Sengir: 5 decks
- Tor Wauki: 5 decks
- Thanos, Death's Consort: 3 decks
- Zhang He, Wei General: 2 decks
- Ellie, Vengeful Hunter: 1 decks
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar: 1 decks
Often played with Simulacrum
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : This is not damage prevention or redirection. It actually is life gain and newly dealt damage.
- : You can't use Simulacrum on Loss of Life, just damage.
- : Simulacrum is the source of the damage. If an effect needs to know a characteristic of the damage's source, it will see the damage coming from Simulacrum.
Printings
- Fourth Edition #161
- Summer Magic / Edgar #130
- Revised Edition #130
- Unlimited Edition #129
- Limited Edition Beta #129
- Limited Edition Alpha #128
- 30th Anniversary Edition #125
- 30th Anniversary Edition #422
- Intl. Collectors' Edition #129
- Collectors' Edition #129
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #161
- Foreign Black Border #130