Mage-Ring Responder
Artifact Creature — Golem
This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
: Untap this creature.
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 7 damage to target creature defending player controls.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #21934
Mage-Ring Responder is a 7/8 that swings for 7 every turn — but it enters tapped, untaps only if you pay seven mana during your upkeep, and costs seven to cast in the first place. The payoff is real; the tax is punishing enough that it belongs only in decks built to exploit it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mage-Ring Responder is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in any of those formats has no interest in a seven-mana artifact that demands another seven every turn just to attack. Commander is the only realistic home, specifically in decks that generate large amounts of colorless mana or untap artifacts for free — think Unwinding Clock effects or Seedborn Muse lines that sidestep the upkeep cost entirely. Outside of those shells, it's a novelty.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Mage-Ring Responder is deep bulk — the price reflects the narrow demand, not a bargain hiding in plain sight. Pick it up if the deck calls for it, but don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.