Metalwork Colossus
Metalwork Colossus: Artifact Creature - Construct, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {11}
- Mana value
- 11
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Construct
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Power / toughness
- 10/10
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 960
- Artist
- Jaime Jones
- Commander rank
- 1,698 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Metalwork Colossus
Metalwork Colossus is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 960 in that set, with art by Jaime Jones. It costs {11} (eleven generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 11. It is a 10/10 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to Marvel Super Heroes Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.86 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total mana value of noncreature artifacts you control.
Sacrifice two artifacts: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.86 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Metalwork Colossus by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Metalwork Colossus
Metalwork Colossus has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #204 | Rare | 2026 |
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #442 | Rare | 2026 |
| The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #147 | Rare | 2022 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #377 | Rare | 2021 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #378 | Rare | 2021 |
| Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #252 | Rare | 2020 |
| Kaladesh (KLD) #222 | Rare | 2016 |
| Kaladesh Promos (PKLD) #222s | Rare | 2016 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Metalwork Colossus, newest first.
- If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- Metalwork Colossus's last ability can be activated only if it is in your graveyard.
- Once a player has announced that they are casting Metalwork Colossus, no player may take actions to try to change the number of artifacts its controller controls before that spell's cost is locked in.
- The total cost to cast Metalwork Colossus is locked in before you pay that cost. For example, if you control three noncreature artifacts each with mana value 2, including one you can sacrifice to add {C} , the total cost of Metalwork Colossus is {5}. Then you can sacrifice the artifact when you activate mana abilities just before paying the cost.
- If the total mana value of noncreature artifacts you control is 11 or greater, Metalwork Colossus costs {0} to cast.
Similar cards
Other artifact creature cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Metalwork Colossus is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.