---
name: "Dross Golem"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Golem"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Affinity", "Fear"]
set: "DST"
set_name: "Darksteel"
collector_number: "119"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Adam Rex"
oracle_id: "336d51cf-dcb3-4257-bd6c-926820a2f9de"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dross-golem-dst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dross Golem
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Golem
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Affinity, Fear

## Oracle Text
Affinity for Swamps (This spell costs {1} 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.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dross Prowler](/printing/dross-prowler-mrd.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Oxidda Golem](/printing/oxidda-golem-jvc.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
3. [Tangle Golem](/printing/tangle-golem-dst.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
4. [Mycosynth Golem](/printing/mycosynth-golem-sld.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
5. [Marsh Lurker](/printing/marsh-lurker-tmp.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Prickly Boggart](/printing/prickly-boggart-mor.md) — Creature — Goblin Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Darksteel (DST) #119
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Adam Rex
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`