Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Legendary Artifact Creature — Gnome // Legendary Artifact Creature — Gnome
Whenever Tetzin or another double-faced artifact you control enters, mill three cards. You may put an artifact card from among them into your hand.
Craft with six artifacts (
, Exile this artifact, Exile the six from among other permanents you control and/or cards from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #14415
Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus turns artifact tokens into a board-threatening colossus and opens a Breath of Fury loop that can end games on the spot. The cost is real — you're building around a fragile three-drop that does nothing without artifact creatures to back it up.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus gets to do what it's designed to do — the card wants a critical mass of artifact creatures, a supporting cast of enablers, and the kind of long game that 100-card singleton provides. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal, but neither format has any interest in a three-mana setup piece that needs time to assemble; you'd never register it. Oathbreaker could support it in theory if you pair it with a token-generating signature spell, though the format's speed cuts into the window you need.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card



Breath of FuryAlibou, Ancient WitnessTetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Breath of FuryAngerTetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite combat damage
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Breath of FuryRoar of ResistanceTetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste
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Breath of FuryMass HysteriaTetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste
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Breath of FuryGimli's Reckless MightTetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus is bulk — cheap to acquire, easy to slot in without budget anxiety. Bulk rares that require a dedicated build around them rarely climb unless a breakout combo pushes demand, so don't expect this to appreciate.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.