Titanium Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #30743
Titanium Golem is a five-mana 3/3 with first strike that needs to tap and pay two mana just to gain lifelink for the turn — that's a bad rate at every step. Slower, more expensive, and less threatening than virtually any alternative at this cost.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Titanium Golem is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper, where commons compete hardest on efficiency, a five-mana 3/3 with a paid, tap-activated keyword ability gets cut for nearly anything at common with a static body or relevant ETB. In Commander, 99-card deckbuilding demands that every slot justify its cost, and Titanium Golem asks too much mana to do too little. Legacy and Vintage aren't even a conversation.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Titanium Golem sits firmly in bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the effect. That price reflects the demand accurately, and there's no reason to expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.