Xanthic Statue
Artifact
: Until end of turn, this artifact becomes an 8/8 Golem artifact creature with trample.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.48
- EDHREC rank
- #28846
Xanthic Statue is an eight-mana 8/8 that becomes a creature only when you activate it — a massive tempo sink for an effect that rarely closes games. The cost in both mana and opportunity is too steep for any format where better threats exist at a fraction of the price.
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 |
Xanthic Statue is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, eight mana for a conditional 8/8 with no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield trigger, and no synergy hooks puts it well below the bar — the format is full of artifacts that do more for less. Legacy and Vintage are faster and more hostile to this kind of investment than Commander is, so Xanthic Statue sees no play there either. It's a bulk rare collecting dust across every format it can enter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.48 bulk tier
At $0.48, Xanthic Statue sits firmly in bulk territory, and there's no pressure pushing that price up. Nothing in current Commander deckbuilding is hunting for this card, so $0.48 is likely a ceiling as much as it is a floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.