Rust Goliath
Artifact Creature — Construct
Prototype 
— 3/5 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Reach, trample
- CMC
- 10
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #14844
Rust Goliath puts a 6/7 reach body on the board for six mana — serviceable stats, but nothing that demands a slot on its own. The reason to run it is Oviya, Automech Artisan: Rust Goliath enters with oil counters that feed directly into her artifact-creature engine, making it a functional piece rather than a vanilla beater.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Oviya, Automech Artisan
Rust Goliath enters with oil counters, which Oviya, Automech Artisan can spend to construct and upgrade artifact creatures — the counters do work the moment the card hits the battlefield, which is exactly why nearly one in five Oviya decks includes 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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rust Goliath is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive ceiling is essentially zero outside of Commander. In Pauper it's simply outclassed — six mana for a 6/7 reach with no enters-the-battlefield effect doesn't clear the bar when cheaper, more impactful creatures exist at common. In Commander, Rust Goliath is a niche inclusion: it finds a home almost exclusively in Oviya, Automech Artisan builds where the oil counters matter, and it has no meaningful presence in other strategies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Rust Goliath is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable by definition: there's no pressure to move it up or down, and picking up copies for an Oviya, Automech Artisan build costs less than a sleeve.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.