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Epitaph Golem

Artifact Creature — Golem

{2}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{5}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#15855
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Epitaph Golem card art
Epitaph Golem does one thing: it lets you put any card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library for two mana, which turns mill-yourself strategies into engines that never run dry. The cost is five mana for a 3/5 with no evasion, which is steep — you run it because the effect is unique, not because the body is efficient. In Grenzo, Dungeon Warden decks specifically, Epitaph Golem is the glue that recycles creatures back under Grenzo's activation indefinitely.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

38.3% of decks · synergy 0.38

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden mills the bottom card of your library repeatedly, and Epitaph Golem turns that into a loop — stack any creature you want on the bottom, let Grenzo flip it into play, repeat. The 38% inclusion rate reflects how central Epitaph Golem is to keeping Grenzo's engine from stalling out.

02
River Song

River Song

14.1% of decks · synergy 0.14

River Song draws cards in reverse — from the bottom of libraries — and Epitaph Golem gives her deck the ability to curate exactly what's sitting there waiting to be drawn. It's a slower synergy than the Grenzo line, but it rewards deliberate sequencing.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Epitaph Golem is legal across essentially every Constructed format, but it only sees real play in Commander. In pauper it's technically playable but the five-mana investment for a pure utility body competes poorly against everything else available at that cost. Legacy and vintage have faster, more powerful self-mill loops that don't need a 3/5 to sustain them. Commander is the format where the effect justifies the price tag — 100-card singleton means you run out of gas faster, and Epitaph Golem quietly prevents that by recycling your best pieces every time they hit the bin.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data isn't currently available for Epitaph Golem, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the current number. Historically it's been a bulk-rare pickup, which makes it an easy include if the effect fits your deck — you're not paying a premium for the privilege.

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