Sensor Splicer
Creature — Phyrexian Artificer
When this creature enters, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
Golem creatures you control have vigilance.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #9666
Sensor Splicer enters and immediately puts a 1/1 Golem token with vigilance onto the battlefield, then pumps every Golem you control — a two-for-one that scales hard with token doublers and recursive loops. The five-mana cost is real, but in Brenard, Ginger Sculptor builds that copy every creature that dies, or alongside Nim Deathmantle loops, that entry fee pays off fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor converts every dying nontoken creature into a Golem copy, which means Sensor Splicer's enter-the-battlefield trigger fires again and again — each new Golem also lands a fresh +1/+1 counter on the whole board.
Elesh Norn
Elesh Norn decks lean on wide boards of small creatures, and Sensor Splicer slots in as both a token producer and a passive anthem that stacks with Elesh Norn's own symmetrical power boost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Sensor Splicer actually earns its slot — Golem tribal and artifact-creature token strategies give it a real home, and the vigilance rider on the token matters more in a multiplayer game where blocking every turn is survival. In Pauper it's legal but competes with more efficient token producers at the same cost, so it only shows up in dedicated Golem shells. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern see none of it; five mana for a 1/1 plus a conditional anthem doesn't clear the bar in those formats. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander calculus — fine in the right strategy, invisible everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarSensor Splicer
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Sensor Splicer is deep bulk — you'll pull it from a common box or grab a playset without noticing the cost. There's no pressure holding that price up, so it won't climb unless a new Golem commander spikes demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.