The Golden Throne
Warhammer 40,000 Commander 157 • rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Collector number
- 157
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Games Workshop
- Market price
- $10.55
What it does
Arcane Life-support — If you would lose the game, instead exile The Golden Throne and your life total becomes 1.
A Thousand Souls Die Every Day — tap, Sacrifice a creature: Add three mana in any combination of colors.
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 Golden Throne card was released as part of the Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 Commander set in 2022. It depicts the life-sustaining sarcophagus that houses the decayed remains of the Emperor of Mankind, a central pillar of the grimdark setting created by Games Workshop. Wizards of the Coast developed this series to bridge the thematic intensity of 40k with the mechanics of Magic, choosing iconic relics and entities to function as artifacts or legendary creatures.
The card illustration was executed by artist L.J. Koh, who utilized a gothic, saturated aesthetic to convey the weight and decay of the Imperium's most sacred object. The design aims to translate the tabletop lore of the Emperor's prolonged stasis into a functional game piece that rewards players for sacrificing their own forces. Upon its release, the card was received as a flavorful interpretation of the setting's core sacrifice mechanic, balancing thematic accuracy with the complex interplay of Commander-format gameplay.
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