Gilded Ghoda
Creature — Horse Mount
Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Saddle 1 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #14105
Gilded Ghoda puts a 3/3 artifact creature on the board and replaces itself with a card draw — that's the whole pitch, and it's a clean one. Kolodin, Triumph Caster decks run it because every piece of that package feeds the engine, but outside dedicated artifact or cast-trigger shells it's a mid-power role-player rather than a staple.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Kolodin, Triumph Caster rewards casting artifact spells repeatedly, and Gilded Ghoda delivers a body plus a card to keep the chain going — both halves of that transaction advance Kolodin's gameplan rather than just filling a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gilded Ghoda earns its seat in artifact-matters and cast-trigger decks where every spell doing double duty matters — it's not a generic include, but in the right 99 it's a quiet workhorse. Competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Vintage have no use for it; the rate is too modest when faster options exist at the same mana investment. In Modern and Pioneer it's technically legal but never sees play — there are simply better options at two mana for any strategy that wants a creature or card draw. Standard and Pauper are where budget players could actually sleeve it, though even there it fills a niche role rather than a format-defining one.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Gilded Ghoda is deep bulk — you're paying draft-chaff prices for a card that does legitimate work in the right deck. Bulk rares and commons at this price point rarely move unless a new commander pushes demand, so grab copies cheaply and don't expect the price to matter either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.