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King Macar, the Gold-Cursed

Legendary Creature — Human Noble

Inspired — Whenever King Macar becomes untapped, you may exile target creature. If you do, create a Gold token. (It's an artifact with "Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Journey into Nyx
Price
$0.45
EDHREC rank
#10264
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King Macar, the Gold-Cursed card art
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed exiles a creature and generates a Gold token every time he becomes tapped — which is backbreaking removal on a repeatable loop if you build around untapping him. The cost is that he does nothing without an external tap outlet, making him entirely engine-dependent; pair him with Clock of Omens or slot him under Greasefang, Okiba Boss and he's a removal machine, but in the wrong shell he's a 2/3 that sits there.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Greasefang, Okiba Boss

Greasefang, Okiba Boss

37.9% of decks · synergy 0.37

Greasefang, Okiba Boss fills the graveyard with Vehicles and artifact fodder, which gives King Macar, the Gold-Cursed both a supportive artifact theme and access to Crew triggers that can tap him for repeated exile effects.

02
Phenax, God of Deception

Phenax, God of Deception

22.8% of decks · synergy 0.22

Phenax, God of Deception's tap-creatures-to-mill plan means King Macar, the Gold-Cursed gets tapped every turn as a matter of course, converting each mill activation into a free exile and a Gold token with no additional setup.

03
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

13.5% of decks · synergy 0.13

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic enters tapped and untapped, and King Macar, the Gold-Cursed thrives in the tap-matters subtheme that surrounds him — any shell that manipulates tapped and untapped permanents gives Macar repeated exile triggers for minimal investment.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for King Macar, the Gold-Cursed — as the general he sets the deck's entire direction around tap-untap loops, and the Gold tokens he generates scale well across a longer game. In the 99 he's a role-player, not a headliner, but any black deck with a tap-outlet package will get real value out of him. He's legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but competitive constructed has no interest in a four-mana creature whose power is conditional on tapping him each turn when those formats offer faster, unconditional removal. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where he could find a niche, again leaning on the tap engine.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.45 bulk tier

At $0.45, King Macar, the Gold-Cursed is firmly bulk, and for a card with genuine combo potential in Commander that's an easy pickup. Don't expect the price to move much — supply is high and his appeal is niche — but at that entry point the value question is moot.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.