Mycosynth Golem
Mycosynth Golem: Artifact Creature - Golem, Fifth Dawn. Affinity for artifacts. Artifact creature spells you cast have affinity for artifacts. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {11}
- Mana value
- 11
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Golem
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Power / toughness
- 4/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Fifth Dawn (5DN)
- Released
- 2004-06-04
- Collector number
- 137
- Artist
- Paolo Parente
- Commander rank
- 3,358 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Affinity
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About Mycosynth Golem
Mycosynth Golem is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact creature from Fifth Dawn (5DN), an expansion set released in June 2004. It is collector number 137 in that set, with art by Paolo Parente. It costs {11} (eleven generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 11. It is a 4/5 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Fifth Dawn (2004) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $45.75 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Artifact creature spells you cast have affinity for artifacts. (They cost {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $45.75 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Mycosynth Golem by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Mycosynth Golem
Mycosynth Golem has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #108 | Rare | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #229 | Rare | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #350 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1433 | Rare | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1433★ | Rare | 2023 |
| The List (PLST) #5DN-137 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Mycosynth Golem, newest first.
- The spells gain affinity for artifacts as they’re put onto the stack. They don’t have the ability while they’re cards in your hand.
- Two or more instances of the affinity ability are cumulative, even if they’re both affinity for the same thing.
- If Mycosynth Golem is sacrificed as part of the cost to cast a spell, the cost reduction will already be locked in, and the cost won’t be increased.
Similar cards
Other artifact creature cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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