Soultether Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
Vanishing 1 (This creature enters with a time counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
Whenever another creature you control enters, put a time counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #25888
Soultether Golem enters as a 3/3 for two mana — one of the best stats-per-mana ratios in the game — but it shrinks by a counter at the start of each upkeep unless you've played a creature that turn. Kate Stewart aside, most decks can't reliably feed it every turn, which means the Golem is either an engine piece or a liability.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Soultether Golem earns a slot in decks that flood the board with creatures every turn cycle — token engines, Aristocrats loops, or flicker chains keep it fed and make the upkeep clause irrelevant. In Legacy and Vintage it's too conditional; a 3/3 that shrinks under pressure can't compete with the raw power of those formats, and nobody is building around it. Modern offers more creature-dense shells where it could theoretically pull weight, but better two-drops exist at every power level. Soultether Golem is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kate StewartSoultether Golem
Draw the game; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Soultether Golem is pure bulk — the price reflects its narrow conditions rather than its ceiling stat line. It won't rise unless a new commander makes the creature-every-turn payoff a format staple, so treat it as a cheap pickup for the right build, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.