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Precursor Golem

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Artifact Creature — Golem

BRRThe Brothers' War Retro Artifacts#42rare
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
1997
Pull rate
~1 in 75–2990
Illustrator
Chippy
Found in
The Brothers' War Collector Booster Pack · The Brothers' War Set Booster Pack · 2 more
Printings6Combos30EDHREC rank#12,109
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
When this creature enters, create two 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature tokens. Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single Golem, that player copies that spell for each other Golem that spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those Golems.
3/3
Plays as:
Artifact Token MakerEtb TokenSpell PayoffCreature Token Maker
Market · per finishspark updated 15h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+11.5%
$0.29
$0.07 low$0.04 gapTCGplayer
Foil-3.6%
$0.27
$0.15 low$0.07 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.17· across 6 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

8 · latest Jan 1, 2011
  • WotCJan 1, 2011

    Any Golem that couldn't be targeted by the original spell (due to shroud, protection abilities, targeting restrictions, or any other reason) is just ignored by Precursor Golem's second ability.

  • WotCJan 1, 2011

    If an instant or sorcery spell has multiple targets, but it's targeting the same Golem with all of them (such as Agony Warp targeting the same Golem twice), Precursor Golem's last ability will trigger.

  • WotCJan 1, 2011

    If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Fireball does), the copies have the same value of X.

  • WotCJan 1, 2011

    If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copies will have the same mode. Their controller can't choose a different one.

  • WotCJan 1, 2011

    The controller of a copy can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.

  • WotCJan 1, 2011

    The controller of the spell that caused Precursor Golem's second ability to trigger also controls all the copies. That player chooses the order the copies are put onto the stack. The original spell will be on the stack beneath those copies and will resolve last.

  • WotCJan 1, 2011

    The copies that Precursor Golem's second ability creates are created on the stack, so they're not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell (like Precursor Golem's second ability itself) won't trigger.

  • WotCJan 1, 2011

    The second ability triggers whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell that targets only one Golem and no other object or player. That Golem can be Precursor Golem itself, one of the Golem tokens it created, or any other Golem. It doesn't matter who controls the Golem.