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Sensor Splicer

Creature — Phyrexian Artificer4 generic manaWhite mana

The white anchor of the Splicer cycle, and the clearest statement of the cycle's central trick: the 1/1 Artificer is the disposable shell, while the 3/3 Golem it manufactures is the asset you actually keep. Five mana for a 1/1 would be unplayable on its own, so the design loads all the value into the token and the static keyword. What separates this Splicer from its cyclemates is that it alone distributes vigilance, and that clause reaches every Golem you control, not just the one it makes. Run a Golem-heavy board and the whole army attacks while keeping back its blocks, but the keyword lives or dies with this card specifically: kill Sensor Splicer and the Golems lose vigilance immediately, even if Blade Splicer or another artificer is still on the table. That single point of failure is the cost of the anthem being so broad. The Golem itself is the durable piece, generic enough to feed any artifact-matters or Golem build without demanding setup, and it survives this creature's death even though the vigilance does not. A sweeper takes both the fragile 1/1 and the 3/3 in the same pass; the design protects nothing from a wrath, it just stacks bodies. Modest by intent, this is a card that wants to be read past the 1/1 to the colorless creature it leaves behind and the keyword it broadcasts for exactly as long as it lives.

Sensor Splicer (mm3)
MM3 · #23common
Pricing
Normal: $0.07
Foil: $0.49
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token. Golem creatures you control have vigilance.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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