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Precursor Golem

Artifact Creature — Golem

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.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{5}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
Price
$0.32
EDHREC rank
#11800
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Precursor Golem card art
Precursor Golem lands as five power and toughness across three bodies for five mana — respectable on rate before you factor in that every single-target spell cast at any Golem token copies itself to the whole squad. The vulnerability is the point: engines like Nim Deathmantle and Orvar, the All-Form deliberately exploit that symmetry to generate absurd value, turning the "drawback" into the combo.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Orvar, the All-Form

Orvar, the All-Form

16.5% of decks · synergy 0.16

Orvar, the All-Form triggers off any spell that targets a permanent you control, and Precursor Golem ensures a single cantrip targeting one token becomes a mass-copy event — Orvar sees every copied instance, flooding the board with Golems faster than opponents can process it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Precursor Golem is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but its competitive homes are essentially zero outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the five-mana investment and glass-cannon vulnerability to any removal spell at instant speed make it unplayable in serious lists. Modern has long since moved past five-mana artifact creatures that don't win on the spot. Commander is where Precursor Golem actually lives, slotting into artifact, token, and clone strategies that want to weaponize the copy-targeting clause rather than fear it.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.32 bulk tier

At $0.32, Precursor Golem is deep bulk — a card with genuine combo applications sitting at near-floor price because supply has outpaced casual demand. That price is stable; nothing on the horizon pushes it higher, and it's the kind of card you pick up in a trade binder without thinking twice.

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