Pilgrim of the Fires
Artifact Creature — Golem
First strike, trample
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #23543
Pilgrim of the Fires lands as a 6/4 with first strike and trample for six mana — a body that punches through blockers and demands an answer. The cost is steep enough that it only earns its slot in decks that either cheat it into play or want a top-end threat with immediate board presence.
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 |
Pilgrim of the Fires is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through. In 60-card competitive formats it's too slow and too generic — a six-mana vanilla-adjacent creature doesn't compete with what Modern and Legacy are doing at that cost. In Commander the math changes: first strike plus trample is a legitimate combat combination on a 6/4, and reanimator or cheat-into-play shells can deploy it well ahead of curve. Oathbreaker works similarly — if your planeswalker strategy wants a fat attacker, Pilgrim of the Fires is a budget option, though it rarely makes the cut over more synergistic threats.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Pilgrim of the Fires is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow applications don't climb without a specific combo or deck archetype breaking out around them, so expect this price to stay flat.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.