Straw Golem
Weatherlight 158 • uncommon
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 158
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Bryan Talbot
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
When an opponent casts a creature spell, sacrifice this creature.
"Don't look at me. I didn't build it."— Hanna, *Weatherlight* navigator
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
The Straw Golem was released in 1997 as part of the Weatherlight set, the final installment of the Mirage block for Magic: The Gathering. This set introduced complex mechanical themes tied to the game's ongoing narrative, which followed the crew of the skyship Weatherlight. The Straw Golem represents the artifact creatures found in this block, reflecting the scavenged and constructed nature of the world's defenses during the Phyrexian invasion storyline.
The card illustration was created by artist Jeff Miracola, who utilized a distinct, tactile style to render the creature's bound, organic materials. The design aimed to convey a sense of instability and fragility, fitting the card's mechanical drawback of becoming cheaper to cast if an opponent controls a specific color of permanent. It remains a notable example of the era's focus on integrating thematic world-building directly into card mechanics.
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