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Brenard, Ginger Sculptor

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

Each creature you control that's a Food or a Golem gets +2/+2 and has trample.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a 1/1 Food Golem artifact creature in addition to its other types and it has "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life."

CMC
4
Mana cost
{1}{G}{W}{U}
Color identity
GUW
Rarity
mythic
Set
The List
Price
$1.05
EDHREC rank
#9434
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Brenard, Ginger Sculptor card art
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor replaces every nontoken creature you lose with a 3/3 Food Golem that keeps the original card's abilities — a recursive engine that turns board wipes into opportunities rather than setbacks. The cost is a five-mana investment in a legendary creature that does nothing the turn it enters, so it folds to any removal before your opponents can clean the board.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Brenard, Ginger Sculptor belongs — the format's slower pace gives you time to set up the engine, and the multiplayer threat density means you'll almost always have a board wipe to exploit. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but five mana for a value-over-time creature has no competitive footing in formats that end games on turns one through three. Oathbreaker is viable if your signature spell triggers mass removal, but the smaller card pool makes it harder to build around consistently.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

469 decks
Brenard, Ginger SculptorEternal ScourgeAshnod's Altar

Brenard, Ginger SculptorEternal ScourgeAshnod's Altar

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$1.05 cheap tier

At $1.05, Brenard, Ginger Sculptor sits firmly in budget territory — cheap enough to slot into any Selesnya build without a second thought. It's a casual-only card with a narrow audience, so the price is unlikely to climb unless a dedicated combo build breaks through on EDHREC.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.