Goldvein Pick
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #2137
Goldvein Pick turns every combat damage hit into a Treasure, making it a mana engine disguised as a one-mana equipment. The equip cost is negligible, and on aggressive commanders like Slicer, Hired Muscle — who forces opponents to attack with it and deals damage constantly — the Treasure accumulation is immediate and punishing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Slicer, Hired Muscle
Slicer, Hired Muscle attacks every turn by design, and Goldvein Pick turns each of those forced hits into a Treasure, effectively paying for itself the first time it connects. At 68% inclusion across nearly 5,700 Slicer decks, it's about as close to an auto-include as the card gets.
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos rewards dealing combat damage to opponents' creatures, so Goldvein Pick doubles the return on every hit — damage triggers the Alexios ability, and the Pick produces a Treasure on top of it. Over 50% of Alexios decks run it for exactly that compounding value.
Knuckles the Echidna
Knuckles the Echidna wants to deal combat damage consistently, and Goldvein Pick slots in as free ramp on a body that's already swinging through. Nearly half of all Knuckles decks include it because the Treasure generation offsets the equip cost within a turn or two.
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender is a colorless commander that relies on artifacts to function, and Goldvein Pick pulls double duty as both an equipment and a Treasure generator to fuel future casts. The Pick keeps the engine running without competing for colored mana.
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame creates tokens for each equipment attached to him, so Goldvein Pick contributes to the token count while also generating Treasures when those tokens deal damage. It's low-cost, slots into the aura-and-equipment theme naturally, and rewards the wide attacks Valduk is already incentivizing.
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 |
Goldvein Pick is legal everywhere, but Commander is where it actually earns its slot. In 60-card formats, one-mana equipment that generates value only on combat damage is too slow and too conditional to compete with purpose-built ramp or aggro tools. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth a look — token-based or go-wide aggressive builds could squeeze some value from repeated triggers, though it's fringe there too. In Commander, the math is straightforward: one mana to cast, one or two to equip, and every hit generates a Treasure that starts paying back the investment immediately. On commanders that deal damage repeatedly and reliably, Goldvein Pick functions as incremental ramp that scales with aggression rather than sitting inert in hand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Goldvein Pick is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box or grabbing a playset for under a dollar without thinking twice. Bulk rares with genuine Commander demand tend to tick up slightly over time, but this one is printed widely enough that the floor stays right where it is.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.