Clay Statue
Artifact Creature — Golem
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #27366
Clay Statue is a 3/1 regenerator for four mana — the regeneration shields it from destruction, but a 3/1 body at that cost is well below the rate any competitive format demands. Bulk rare or not, there's almost never a reason to run it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Clay Statue is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 3/1 for four with regeneration doesn't move the needle — the format is full of creatures that do far more for the same or less mana. Pauper is the one format where regeneration on a cheap blocker has historically had a floor of relevance, but even there Clay Statue's power-to-cost ratio keeps it off most lists. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it whatsoever.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Clay Statue sits firmly in bulk territory and is priced exactly where it belongs. Don't expect that to change — there's no combo dependency or casual demand spike on the horizon for a vanilla regenerator at this rate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.