Glass Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #21632
Glass Golem is a 3/4 for five mana with no abilities — a vanilla body in a format where five mana buys you card draw, removal, or a game-winning trigger. The only home where it earns its slot is Jasmine Boreal of the Seven, which specifically rewards running ability-free creatures.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven turns vanilla creatures into an advantage engine, and Glass Golem's complete absence of abilities is exactly the qualification — it's one of the larger vanilla bodies available to fill out that synergy count.
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 |
Glass Golem is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage, a five-mana 3/4 with no text is unplayable — those formats kill you before it matters. Modern has long outpaced vanilla bodies at this cost. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there Glass Golem is a one-deck card: it belongs in Jasmine Boreal of the Seven and almost nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Glass Golem is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box at your local store. It won't rise; the demand ceiling is narrow enough that supply will always outrun it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.