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Primal Clay

{4}

Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

5EDFifth Edition#395rare
Border
white
Frame
1997
Pull rate
~1 in 44–132
Illustrator
Adam Rex
Found in
Fifth Edition Starter Deck · Fifth Edition Booster Pack
Printings11
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.)
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Market · per finishspark updated 30m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.41
$0.15 low$0.12 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.14· across 11 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Mar 19, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • WotCMar 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.

  • WotCMar 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.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    While not on the battlefield, Primal Clay is a 0/0 creature card. It doesn't have flying or defender.

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