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Altar Golem

Artifact Creature — Golem

Trample
Altar Golem's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield.
This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
Tap five untapped creatures you control: Untap this creature.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{7}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Eventide
Price
$0.51
EDHREC rank
#20041
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Altar Golem card art
Altar Golem is a trampling 7/7 that grows with your creature count — in token-heavy Commander pods it routinely hits double digits for seven mana. The catch is it can't tap for combat damage without help, which is exactly why Elemental Mastery exists.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Altar Golem is a Commander card top to bottom — token strategies, Vehicles, and tap-synergy engines all want a massive body that scales with board state. In Legacy and Vintage it's a novelty at best; seven mana for a creature that can't attack alone doesn't compete with what those formats are doing on turns three and four. Modern could theoretically support it in a dedicated tap-synergy shell, but the payoff isn't there when cheaper threats exist. Stick to Commander, where the average game goes long enough for Altar Golem to matter.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.51 bulk tier

At $0.51, Altar Golem is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with a genuine combo ceiling in Commander. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike unless a high-profile build puts it on the map.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.