---
name: "Primal Clay"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "4ED"
set_name: "Fourth Edition"
collector_number: "342"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kaja Foglio"
oracle_id: "dccf2ca8-8c87-41c9-8373-351859396d05"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/primal-clay-4ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Primal Clay
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** */*

## Oracle Text
As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Wall artifact creature with defender in addition to its other types. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Primal Plasma](/printing/primal-plasma-tsr.md) — Creature — Elemental Shapeshifter
2. [Shapeshifter](/printing/shapeshifter-4ed.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Hulking Metamorph](/printing/hulking-metamorph-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Mistform Wall](/printing/mistform-wall-ons.md) — Creature — Illusion Wall
5. [Proteus Machine](/printing/proteus-machine-scg.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Corrupted Shapeshifter](/printing/corrupted-shapeshifter-mh3.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition (4ED) #342
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kaja Foglio
- **Total Printings:** 53 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`