Rusting Golem
Nemesis 138 • uncommon
- Set
- Nemesis
- Collector number
- 138
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
Fading 5 (This creature enters with five fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Rusting Golem's power and toughness are each equal to the number of fade counters on it.
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
Rusting Golem was released in February 2000 as part of the Nemesis expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As the second set in the Masquerade block, Nemesis leaned heavily into themes of betrayal and mechanical manipulation, fitting the Golem into a lineage of artifact creatures designed to test the limits of card efficiency versus detrimental upkeep costs.
The artwork was provided by fantasy illustrator Greg Staples, who utilized a grim, industrial aesthetic to emphasize the creature's decaying state. By depicting the Golem in a process of structural failure, the design mirrors the card's mechanical function, where the player is forced to remove rust counters until the card eventually sacrifices itself. It was received as a quintessential example of the 'glass cannon' design philosophy prevalent during that era of the game.
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