Crystal Golem
Mirage 298 • uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Collector number
- 298
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Mike Dringenberg
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
At the beginning of your end step, this creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)
"Once, a wealthy king commissioned an artificial creature to be crafted from the royal treasury, thinking it a clever ploy to have the jewels guard themselves."— Azeworai, "The Golem's Wish"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in October 1996 as part of the Mirage expansion for Magic: The Gathering, the Crystal Golem represents a shift in design philosophy during the game's early years. Mirage was the first set to be designed as a standalone block, focusing heavily on flavorful world-building centered around the continent of Jamuraa. The set was intended to offer a cohesive mechanical experience, and the Crystal Golem served as an uncommon creature that explored themes of artifact-based entities within this new lore.
The artwork was provided by Mike Dringenberg, a celebrated illustrator best known for his foundational work on The Sandman comic series. Dringenberg employed his distinct, moody illustrative style to render the golem as a translucent, fragile-looking entity, reflecting the card's mechanical drawback of sacrificing itself if it fails to attack. The design aimed to balance its relatively high power-to-cost ratio with a strict maintenance requirement, a common trope for artifacts in the mid-90s era of the game.
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