Golgothian Sylex
Artifact
, 
: Each nontoken permanent with a name originally printed in the Antiquities expansion is sacrificed by its controller.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Antiquities
- Price
- $25.19
- EDHREC rank
- #30575
Golgothian Sylex wipes the board of every permanent from the game's earliest expansion — creatures, artifacts, enchantments, lands — for a one-time
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Golgothian Sylex is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its effect is practically inert in all of them unless your table is saturated with The Dark, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, and Alpha/Beta/Unlimited cards. In Commander it occupies the same slot as a symmetrical board wipe but with a restriction so severe that most pods will never trigger it meaningfully. Legacy and Vintage have the density of old-frame permanents to make it occasionally relevant, but dedicated removal like Engineered Explosives or Null Rod does the job more reliably. Treat Golgothian Sylex as a collector's curiosity or a niche weapon in Old-School-adjacent formats, not a competitive utility piece.
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Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If the goal is a reusable, activated-ability artifact wipe, Nevinyrral's Disk does the job for under $2 and hits every permanent without a printing-date restriction. For more targeted artifact and enchantment sweeps, Bane of Progress or Austere Command give you flexible modes at a fraction of the price — Golgothian Sylex's unique text is really only worth the premium in formats where The Dark and Antiquities staples define the table.
Price Context
Current price
$25.19 premium tier
At $25.19, Golgothian Sylex sits firmly in the premium tier — driven almost entirely by age and collector demand rather than competitive utility. It's unlikely to appreciate as a gameplay piece, but as an Antiquities artifact with a unique rules text, it holds value among Old-School players and collectors who specifically want it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.