Meteor Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
When this creature enters, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $3.75
- EDHREC rank
- #760
Meteor Golem enters the battlefield and destroys any nonland permanent — no color restriction, no targeting clause — stapled to a 3/3 body for seven mana. That cost is steep, but it's the only colorless unconditional permanent removal in the game, which is why Aloy, Savior of Meridian and artifact-reanimation strategies are willing to pay it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aloy, Savior of Meridian
Aloy, Savior of Meridian appears in over 80% of Aloy decks because she recurs artifacts from the graveyard — Meteor Golem becomes a repeatable removal engine every time Aloy pulls it back, threatening any permanent on the table regardless of type.
Feldon of the Third Path
Feldon of the Third Path can tap to create a token copy of Meteor Golem in the graveyard at instant speed, meaning the enter-the-battlefield trigger fires again each turn for a new target — removal on a stick that refreshes every rotation.
Terra, Herald of Hope
Terra, Herald of Hope curves naturally into Meteor Golem as a high-cost artifact worth cheating out or replaying; the Golem's unconditional destruction answers the enchantments and planeswalkers that otherwise stall Terra's board.
Tannuk, Steadfast Second
Tannuk, Steadfast Second values large artifact creatures to copy or blink, and Meteor Golem's ETB trigger retriggers every time Tannuk generates a token or flicker effect — turning one removal spell into a repeating threat.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's token-generating and artifact-synergy shell makes Meteor Golem a reliable answer to permanents that artifacts typically can't touch, and the seven-mana cost becomes more manageable when da Vinci is accelerating your artifact production.
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 |
Commander is where Meteor Golem earns its keep — the format's density of indestructible enchantments, planeswalkers, and opposing commanders means colorless decks often have no other way to answer a problem permanent, and the seven-mana cost is acceptable when you're only casting it once or recurring it through artifact reanimation. In every other format — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Standard, Vintage — Meteor Golem is functionally unplayable in competitive contexts; seven mana for a 3/3 with a one-time removal trigger is simply too slow when efficient interaction exists at one and two mana. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's singleton, multiplayer DNA that the same logic applies: if your color identity lacks removal, Meteor Golem is a real option, not a last resort.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.75 cheap tier
At $3.75, Meteor Golem sits in the budget-staple tier — accessible enough that there's no reason to skip it if your colorless or artifact deck genuinely needs the effect. The price is stable; this is a card with consistent Commander demand and no competitive-format ceiling pushing it higher.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.