Pewter Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29931
Pewter Golem is a five-mana 3/3 with first strike and the option to pay one mana for regeneration — a statline and ability set that were marginal in 2003 and are firmly outclassed now. There is no competitive context in 2024 where Pewter Golem earns a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pewter Golem is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Pauper, the most relevant budget-constrained format, a five-mana 3/3 with conditional regeneration competes against commons that win games outright at that cost. In Commander, the card pool is deep enough that Pewter Golem never makes the cut — artifact creature slots at five mana demand either a relevant ETB, a combo axis, or a stat line that pressures the board, and it offers none of those. Across every format where it's legal, treat it as a bulk common rather than a serious consideration.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Pewter Golem sits at the floor of bulk pricing, and there is no trajectory that changes that. It's the kind of card you pull from a common box for a new player's first deck, not something you buy with intent.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.