Is Golgari Signet good in Commander?

Golgari Signet in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Golgari Signet costs two mana to play and one to activate, netting you black and green from turn three onward — it's consistent, colorless-free acceleration that dozens of commanders depend on. In Hazel of the Rootbloom decks specifically, the Signet doubles as a copy trigger target, turning a mundane rock into part of a mana-doubling engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Hazel of the Rootbloom

59.3% of decks · synergy 0.34

Hazel of the Rootbloom copies activated abilities, which means Golgari Signet's mana tap becomes a free second activation — that interaction alone explains a nearly 60% inclusion rate and makes the Signet a near-automatic inclusion in any Hazel build.

02

Winter, Cynical Opportunist

57.8% of decks · synergy 0.32

Winter, Cynical Opportunist wants to operate on opponents' turns, and Golgari Signet provides the reliable two-color float needed to hold up interaction and flash threats without depending on untapped basics.

03

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

30.1% of decks · synergy 0.23

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa runs a poison-counter game plan that needs to hit the board fast and keep mana open for proliferate effects, and Golgari Signet covers both black and green in a single slot.

04

Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire

26.2% of decks · synergy 0.17

Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire is a six-mana commander in a three-color identity, so early ramp is non-negotiable — Golgari Signet fills one of the mandatory two-mana rock slots that gets Vaevictis online a turn early.

05

The Most Dangerous Gamer

42.1% of decks · synergy 0.17

The Most Dangerous Gamer hunts permanents and benefits from having mana up at unusual times, and Golgari Signet's tap ability provides flexible, repeatable black-green fixing that doesn't rely on land drops.

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	legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Golgari Signet earns its keep — two-color fixing on a repeatable rock is exactly what Golgari and three-color black-green shells want in slots two and three of their curve. In Pauper it's legal and occasionally relevant in slower artifact synergy builds, though dedicated ramp decks there tend to favor land-based acceleration. Legacy and Vintage permit it, but those formats move too fast for a two-mana do-nothing-until-tapped artifact to see real play. Golgari Signet is a Commander card through and through, and that's not a knock — it's one of the most consistently useful two-drops in the format.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.77 bulk tier

At $0.77, Golgari Signet sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card that earns a slot in a wide range of decks. It's been reprinted often enough that the price won't spike, so buy copies freely without worrying about the market.