Vital Splicer
Creature — Phyrexian Human Artificer
When this creature enters, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
: Regenerate target Golem you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Masters 2017
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #11785
Vital Splicer enters and immediately puts a 3/3 Golem on the board, then keeps your Golems alive by paying a single mana to regenerate one whenever it enters — a built-in recursion engine stapled to a body. Outside of Brenard, Ginger Sculptor decks, the payoff is too narrow to justify the slot, but inside that shell it's a near-auto-include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor turns every nontoken creature death into a Golem token, and Vital Splicer's regeneration ability means those Golems survive board wipes that would otherwise erase the whole engine — that resilience is exactly why it shows up in over half of all Brenard lists.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Vital Splicer sees virtually no play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — the rate is too slow for those formats' interaction density, and a 1/1 that makes a 3/3 on entry doesn't compete with what those formats are doing by turn four. Commander is where it lives, and even there it's a tribal/synergy pick rather than a generalist inclusion. If you're not in a Golem-matters or Splicer-tribal shell, the card earns its bulk-rare status.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Vital Splicer is firmly bulk — easy to acquire, easy to cut without regret. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new Golem-synergy commander breaks through and spikes the whole Splicer cycle.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.