Gold-Forged Thopteryx
- Mana cost
- {W}{U}
- Type
- Artifact Creature — Dinosaur Thopter
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 3
- Set
- The List #MAT-31 (uncommon)
Flying, lifelink
Each legendary permanent you control has ward {2}. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
Gold-Forged Thopteryx has 5 printings, first in March of the Machine: The Aftermath (2023). EDHREC ranks it #2,627 among Commander cards. It appears most in Hope Estheim decks (8,091 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Gold-Forged Thopteryx most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Hope Estheim: 8,091 decks
- Jodah, the Unifier: 4,646 decks
- Raffine, Scheming Seer: 2,367 decks
- Will, Scion of Peace: 2,211 decks
- Grand Arbiter Augustin IV: 1,940 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact: 1,726 decks
- Plagon, Lord of the Beach: 1,339 decks
- Alela, Artful Provocateur: 1,261 decks
Often played with Gold-Forged Thopteryx
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Once a ward ability has triggered, causing that legendary permanent to lose ward by removing Gold-Forged Thopteryx won't affect that ability. The appropriate player will still have to pay {2} or see their spell or ability countered.