---
name: "Sand Golem"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Golem"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "318"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Matson"
oracle_id: "0f9b78ca-1556-4157-a91c-55276fd78127"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sand-golem-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sand Golem
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Golem
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dodecapod](/printing/dodecapod-dmr.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
2. [Junk Golem](/printing/junk-golem-ody.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
3. [Clay Revenant](/printing/clay-revenant-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
4. [Disruptor Wanderglyph](/printing/disruptor-wanderglyph-lci.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
5. [Epitaph Golem](/printing/epitaph-golem-sir.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
6. [Volatile Wanderglyph](/printing/volatile-wanderglyph-lci.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #318
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Matson
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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