Straw Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
When an opponent casts a creature spell, sacrifice this creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #29002
Straw Golem enters as a 3/4 for three mana — solid stats — but it hands an opponent the ability to sacrifice it at will by paying one colorless, which they will do the moment it matters. A 3/4 you don't control is not a 3/4 you should be playing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Straw Golem is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Commander, the political wrinkle of gifting an opponent a sacrifice outlet is occasionally theorized as a group-hug angle, but there are cleaner ways to make friends at the table. In Legacy and Vintage, a 3/4 for three with a built-in opponent-controlled escape hatch is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Straw Golem sits in the bulk bin for a reason across every format it touches.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Straw Golem is deep bulk — the price of a card nobody is chasing. That floor is unlikely to move without a very specific commander being printed that cares about giving opponents sacrifice outlets, which is not a design space Wizards visits often.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.