Dross Golem
Darksteel 119 • common
- Set
- Darksteel
- Collector number
- 119
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Adam Rex
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
Affinity for Swamps (This spell costs 1 generic mana less to cast for each Swamp you control.)
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
The longer it skulks through the corrosive gases of Mephidross, the more it adopts their thirst for death.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dross Golem was released in 2004 as part of the Darksteel expansion, the second set in the Mirrodin block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set explored the theme of a metallic, artificial world, and the card was designed to highlight the 'affinity for artifacts' mechanic, which allowed players to reduce the casting cost of spells based on the number of artifacts they controlled. This mechanic defined the competitive meta of the era, pushing artifact-heavy strategies to the forefront of tournament play.
The artwork was provided by the illustrator Brom, a prominent fantasy artist known for his gothic and dark aesthetic. His depiction of the Dross Golem reflects the gritty, rusted nature of the 'Dross' region of Mirrodin, where organic waste and metal combined. The design was received as a quintessential example of the block's industrial horror tone, effectively communicating the creature's status as a scavenged, mindless construct forged from the refuse of the plane.
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