Solemn Simulacrum
Artifact Creature — Golem
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallout
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #37
Solemn Simulacrum earns its place in roughly half of all Commander decks by doing two things at once: it ramps you a land on entry and replaces itself when it dies, all on a colorless body that fits any deck. The one real trade-off is that four mana for a 2/2 is slow by 2024 standards, and decks that can fill those roles more efficiently — especially with two-mana rocks — should consider whether Sad Robot still makes the cut. That said, Brenard, Ginger Sculptor and any commander that recurs or flickers artifacts will squeeze far more than the baseline out of it.
Where It Shines
Where the extra mana on turn one matters most
Big-mana shells like Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wants to come down fast and start taxing opponents immediately, and Solemn Simulacrum bridges the gap — fetching the land that lets you hit five mana a turn early while leaving a body that trades for a draw when the board gets messy.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Solemn Simulacrum has always belonged — the singleton format rewards versatility, and a card that ramps, cantrips, and fits every color identity is structurally hard to cut. In Modern and Pioneer it sees essentially no competitive play; four mana for a 2/2 with a delayed land fetch doesn't clear the bar when the format moves faster and you can run four copies of a better effect. Legacy and Vintage are similarly hostile — Solemn Simulacrum is legal in both but irrelevant. Standard legality comes and goes with reprints, and when it is in the format it occasionally surfaces in midrange lists that value the body and the draw trigger, but it's never a pillar. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic: colorless, flexible, staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Solemn Simulacrum has been reprinted frequently enough that copies are widely available across a broad price range — foil and showcase versions command a premium, but a functional copy for a Commander deck is rarely more than a few dollars. It's a safe pickup at almost any price point given how unlikely additional reprints are to tank its floor further.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.