Golgari Keyrune
Artifact
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #15759
Golgari Keyrune is a three-mana rock that taps for one black or green and can animate into a 2/2 deathtouch creature — fine utility, but three mana for one mana of output is below the curve in any powered Commander environment. Run it only if you need the creature mode for a specific synergy, because better rocks exist at the same price.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Golgari Keyrune sits in the bottom tier of ramp options — it costs three to deploy, generates a single mana, and the deathtouch body only matters in niche combat or sacrifice synergies. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage are non-starters; those formats demand faster, more efficient mana artifacts and no one is animating a Keyrune in a competitive context. Oathbreaker is where Golgari Keyrune is most forgivable, since slower environments make the creature mode marginally more relevant, but even there it faces stiff competition from two-mana rocks.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Golgari Keyrune is pure bulk — you're not paying for it, and that's appropriate given what it does. It won't appreciate; buy it only if a specific deck demands it, and don't expect that to change.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.