Colossus of Sardia
Artifact Creature — Golem
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
: Untap this creature. Activate only during your upkeep.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rinascimento
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22425
Colossus of Sardia hits the table as a 9/9 trampler for nine mana — that's a credible clock — but the upkeep clause that keeps it tapped unless you pay another nine is the reason it doesn't see serious play. The cost to activate is simply too steep to justify over threats that either come with haste or don't require an additional investment every turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Colossus of Sardia is a nostalgia inclusion at best — the formats that reward a 9/9 trample body also have access to Blightsteel Colossus, Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre, and other finishers that don't demand eighteen mana across two turns to swing twice. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; no competitive shell wants a nine-mana artifact that sits tapped by default. The card is legal in Oathbreaker as well, but the same logic applies — nine mana is a hard ask in a sixty-card, twenty-life format where the game is usually decided before you untap it.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Colossus of Sardia isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live figure. Given that it's a vintage-era artifact with niche appeal and no competitive home, copies tend to move on nostalgia and collection demand rather than gameplay need — buy it because you want it, not because it'll earn its slot.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.