Dross Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
Affinity for Swamps (This spell costs 
less to cast for each Swamp you control.)
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #21133
Dross Golem is a 4/2 artifact creature that costs nothing if you control an artifact land or a Swamp — the free-cast clause is the entire reason it exists. Outside of decks built to trigger that discount consistently, it's an understatted body that competes with far better options at every price point.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dross Golem is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it only earns a slot in one of them reliably. In Pauper, free or near-free artifact creatures carry real weight in Affinity shells, and Dross Golem can hit the board for zero alongside Frogmite and Myr Enforcer in the same turn. In Commander, the discount requires a board state that artifact-land-heavy or mono-black decks can realistically support, but even then a 4/2 with no abilities is a weak payoff for the setup. Legacy and Vintage have Mox, Storm, and free interaction that make a conditional vanilla creature irrelevant. Stick to Pauper Affinity if you want Dross Golem doing real work.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Dross Golem is deep bulk — buy a playset for under a dollar and never think about it again. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; there is no scenario where this appreciates.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.