Lodestone Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
Nonartifact spells cost 
more to cast.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Archenemy
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #7125
Lodestone Golem hits the table as a 5/3 that tacks an extra colorless mana onto every nonartifact spell your opponents cast — that tax is live the turn it enters and punishes any deck leaning on instants, sorceries, or creatures without the artifact type. In Karn, Legacy Reforged lists, where the entire 99 is artifacts, Lodestone Golem is pure upside: your spells dodge the tax entirely while everyone else slows down.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | restricted |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lodestone Golem is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, and Oathbreaker, but Vintage restricts it to a single copy — which is the one flag worth knowing. The restriction reflects how oppressive the tax is in a format built around cheap spells and fast mana; one extra colorless on a Mox or Time Walk is irrelevant, but stacking multiple Golems could lock games. Commander gives it a pass for the obvious reason: you only ever have one copy, the singleton rule already enforces the restriction Vintage imposes deliberately, and a three-player table means the tax spreads thin enough that it reads as tempo disruption rather than a hard lock.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Karn, Legacy Reforged
Karn, Legacy Reforged builds an all-artifact deck by design, so Lodestone Golem's tax applies exclusively to opponents — it's free disruption bolted onto a relevant body that Karn's passive can buff with a colorless counter each turn.
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
Lodestone Golem is a historic spell that untaps Traxos, Scourge of Kroog on entry, and the 5/3 body adds to the artifact-creature headcount that keeps Traxos swinging every combat.
Oswald Fiddlebender
Oswald Fiddlebender can sacrifice Lodestone Golem to tutor up a five-mana artifact, making it both a live threat on the board and a fetchable transition piece when the tax stops mattering.
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
Lodestone Golem is a colorless artifact that Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter can flash in at end of turn, letting you hold up the tax threat reactively rather than telegraphing it on your main phase.
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
Lodestone Golem has no colored pips, so casting it contributes to Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender's power-growing trigger while putting a meaningful taxing body in play alongside the commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Lodestone Golem is bulk — you're picking it up as a throw-in or out of a common box. Heavy reprint history has kept the price flat and there's no supply pressure pushing it up, so grab copies freely without worrying about the cost.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.