Crystal Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
At the beginning of your end step, this creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #27391
Crystal Golem is a 4/4 for five mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and no relevant creature type — it exists purely as a vanilla body. Bulk rare for a reason; there is almost never a 99th slot this earns.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Crystal Golem is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 4/4 for five with no text fails the basic 'does it do something?' test that every slot in a 99-card deck demands. Legacy and Vintage have access to the most powerful card pool in the game, which means Crystal Golem is nowhere near those 60-card lists either. It's a non-factor across every format it can technically enter.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Crystal Golem sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its power level accurately. Don't expect movement — bulk vanilla creatures don't recover value without a dramatic rules change or reprint in a synergy-heavy product.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.