---
name: "Steel Exemplar"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Wizard"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Trample"]
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "246"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kekai Kotaki"
oracle_id: "ab3b72e3-9a49-4c95-8016-22fa02ad7663"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/steel-exemplar-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Steel Exemplar
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Trample

## Oracle Text
Trample
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it unless two or more colors of mana were spent to cast it.

> *その人影が自動機械なのか魔道士なのか。その姿を目にして生き残った者が少ないため、報告は食い違っている。*

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3. [Kruin Striker](/printing/kruin-striker-2x2.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Wyleth, Soul of Steel](/printing/wyleth-soul-of-steel-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Lodestone Myr](/printing/lodestone-myr-hop.md) — Artifact Creature — Myr
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## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #246
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kekai Kotaki
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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