Lumbering Laundry
Artifact Creature — Golem
: Until end of turn, you may look at face-down creatures you don't control any time.
Disguise 
(You may cast this card face down for 
as a 2/2 creature with ward . Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #27787
Lumbering Laundry is a 0/4 Vehicle with a built-in self-crewing trigger that turns your spell-casting into a 4/4 attacker — real stats for no extra investment. The cost is five mana, which is steep enough that you need a deck that actively rewards artifact creatures or big-toughness bodies to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lumbering Laundry fits best in artifact-matters or Vehicle-tribal builds where the self-crewing mechanic generates consistent value across a long game. Competitive formats are a harder sell — Standard and Pioneer can run it as a resilient threat in slower midrange shells, but five mana is a real ask in Modern and Legacy, where the card simply doesn't clear the bar against faster, cheaper threats. Lumbering Laundry is legal across nearly every major format, so the question is never access; it's whether your specific shell can capitalize on a big-toughness artifact that crews itself.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Lumbering Laundry is deep bulk — you're paying essentially nothing to try it. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price floor don't appreciate unless a format shift dramatically increases demand, so pick it up for the gameplay, not the wallet.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.