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Simulacrum
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Unlimited Edition2ED · #129
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 2.88 € · 11.19 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- OldschoolLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Mark Poole
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1993-12-01
Rulings
This is not damage prevention or redirection. It actually is life gain and newly dealt damage.
You can't use Simulacrum on Loss of Life, just damage.
Simulacrum is the source of the damage. If an effect needs to know a characteristic of the damage's source, it will see the damage coming from Simulacrum.
Other printings of this card
30th Anniversary Edition · #125- 30th Anniversary Edition · #422
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border · #161
Fourth Edition · #161
Summer Magic / Edgar · #130
Revised Edition · #130
Foreign Black Border · #130
Collectors' Edition · #129
Intl. Collectors' Edition · #129
Limited Edition Beta · #129
Limited Edition Alpha · #128