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.