Brenard, Ginger Sculptor is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Each creature you control that's a Food or a Golem gets +2/+2 and has trample. Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a 1/1 Food Golem artifact creature in addition to its other types and it has ",
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life."
How it works : Brenard, Ginger Sculptor
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature — Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Except for the listed exceptions, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature was itself copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
Card named in this ruling
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If something becomes a copy of the token, the copy also has base power and toughness 1/1, is a Food Golem artifact creature in addition to its other types, and has "
, , Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life."Card named in this ruling
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied creature was copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied, with the stated exceptions.
Card named in this ruling
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied creature had
in its mana cost, X is 0.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the creature will also work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor + Eternal Scourge + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Eternal Scourge, adding
. - 2When Eternal Scourge dies, Brenard triggers, exiling Eternal Scourge from your graveyard and creating a token copy of it that is a 1/1 Food Golem artifact creature token.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Eternal Scourge token, adding .
- 4Cast Eternal Scourge from exile by paying
. - 5Repeat.
- 6Once you have infinite mana, you may forego sacrificing the Eternal Scourge tokens.
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor + Sam, Loyal Attendant + Farrelite Priest
- 1Kill Farrelite Priest.
- 2Brenard triggers, exiling Farrelite Priest from your graveyard and creating a token copy of it thats a 1/1 Food Golem artifact creature in addition to its other types.
- 3Activate the Farrelite Priest token by paying
due to Sam, adding 
. - 4Repeat step 3.
Soldevi Simulacrum + Brenard, Ginger Sculptor + Sam, Loyal Attendant
- 1Kill Soldevi Simulacrum.
- 2Brenard triggers, exiling Soldevi Simulacrum from your graveyard and creating a token copy of it thats a 1/1 Food Golem artifact creature in addition to its other types.
- 3Activate Soldevi Simulacrum by paying due to Sam, giving Soldevi Simulacrum +1/+0 until end of turn.
- 4Repeat step 3.
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor + Biovisionary + Echo Storm
- 1Kill Biovisionary.
- 2When Biovisionary dies, Brenard triggers, creating a token copy of Biovisionary that is a 1/1 Food Golem.
- 3Cast Echo Storm by paying
, targeting the Biovisionary token. - 4Echo Storm triggers, copying it for each time you've cast from the command zone this game, with each copy targeting the Biovisionary token.
- 5Resolve all Echo Storms, creating that make copies of the Biovisionary token.
- 6At the beginning of your end step, each Biovisionary triggers.
- 7Resolve the first trigger, causing you to win the game.
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Derevi by paying
, putting it from the command zone onto the battlefield. - 2When Derevi enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- 3Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding at least , or .
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Derevi, adding , or .
- 5Choose not to return Derevi from your graveyard to the command zone.
- 6When Derevi dies, Brenard triggers, exiling Derevi from your graveyard and creating a token copy of it that is a 1/1 Food Golem artifact creature token.
- 7Choose to return Dervi from exile to the command zone.
- 8When the Derevi token enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor + Sam, Loyal Attendant + Bog Initiate
- 1Kill Bog Initiate.
- 2Brenard triggers, exiling Bog Initiate from your graveyard and creating a token copy of it thats a 1/1 Food Golem artifact creature in addition to its other types.
- 3Activate the Bog Initiate token by paying due to Sam, adding
. - 4Repeat step 3.
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor + Squee, the Immortal + Earthcraft + Thermopod
- 1Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Earthcraft by tapping Squee, untapping a basic land.
- 3Activate a basic land by tapping it, adding .
- 4Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Squee, adding
. - 5When Squee dies, Brenard triggers, exiling Squee from your graveyard and creating a token copy of it that is a 1/1 Food Golem artifact creature token.
- 6Activate Earthcraft by tapping the Squee token, untapping a basic land.
- 7Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing the Squee token, adding .
- 8Cast Squee from exile by paying .
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor + Misthollow Griffin + Earthcraft + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate a basic Island by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Earthcraft by tapping Misthollow Griffin, untapping a basic Island.
- 3Activate a basic Island by tapping it, adding .
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Misthollow Griffin, adding .
- 5When Misthollow Griffin dies, Brenard triggers, exiling Misthollow Griffin from your graveyard and creating a token copy of it that is a 1/1 Food Golem artifact creature token.
- 6Activate Earthcraft by tapping the Misthollow Griffin token, untapping a basic Island.
- 7Cast Misthollow Griffin from exile by paying .
- 8Repeat.
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