Hematite Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #30594
Hematite Golem is a 3/3 that gains first strike when you spend two mana to pump it — a conditional ability stapled to a body that costs five mana and does nothing on its own. Overcosted and outclassed by nearly every comparable artifact creature printed in the last decade.
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 |
Hematite Golem is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a five-mana 3/3 with a paid first strike activation has no competitive home — the format's card quality is too high for a body this inefficient. Pauper is the one format where bulk commons occasionally find niches, but Hematite Golem offers no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and no meaningful late-game threat to justify the slot. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at any price.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Hematite Golem sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its playability accurately. Don't expect movement — bulk artifact creatures without a specific combo application or nostalgia premium stay bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.