Keeper of the Lens

Artifact Creature — Golem

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Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (23)

zapyourtumor on

2 years ago

Also playing nonmeta cards is always nice but some cards here are really not great. Curio Vendor is strictly worse than 16 of your creatures. Keeper of the Lens and Gingerbrute probably aren't worth including either.

Darth_Savage on broke god deck

5 years ago

There are probably two ways to do golem tribal, the first, which is in RB would be reanimator effects Trash for Treasure and Endless Obedience probably being your best options, with Platinum Emperion and Mycosynth Golem as the creatures you want to cheat into play. The second option is the splicers, primarily these appear in GW; Blade Splicer, Master Splicer, Vital Splicer, Sensor Splicer and Maul Splicer (for completeness there is a blue splicer Wing Splicer). in addition to these, white also gives you access to Tempered Steel.

If you want a straight up Golem agro deck then that is a little harder. You almost certainly want Lodestone Golem and Golden Guardian  ^Flip, but early plays are difficult in tribe Chronomaton and Keeper of the Lens are the only 1 mana golems and Soultether Golem the only 2 mana option.

You certainly have set yourself a challenge, the tron lands and cavern will eat land hate and your chosen tribe doesn't have much support, particularly if you aren't playing white or blue. I recently helped another player build an artifact deck Sai and tezzy demo, the aim of which is basically to spam thopter tokens. One card that stands out as not really fitting is Hollow One, since Smuggler's Copter isn't enough support for it. I wish you luck with your brew and hope I've been of some help...

Flooremoji on Deck #8: Retraction Golem

5 years ago

Why the Keeper of the Lens? Also, Counterspell is better then your metalcraft counter. It looks like you know, as CS is in your maybeboard. My Pauper deck that I want help w/ https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/it-comes-from-the-soul/ I like this deck!

Pieguy396 on Mono Blue Ensoul Artifact

6 years ago

Is Keeper of the Lens better than something like Walking Ballista?

Rexapex on Oozesplosion, Turn 1 Delirium shell v11.5

7 years ago

Stab, Its entirely for delirium. The dream is to cast Inexorable Blob on turn 4 with delirium and haste. I didn't use Thraben Gargoyle  ^Flip because it has defender and swinging for 3 on turn 2 with Infectious Bloodlust on Keeper of the Lens I think will be a big deal in this aggro deck.(if it dies I'm 3 steps to delirium) If I request a 1 drop artifact spider in the next set do you think they'll come through for me? lol. I might need to swap in some Expedite for a Prophetic Ravings. My only other artifact is Cathar's Shield which can get to the graveyard if I discard it to Prophetic or it gets tossed by Grapple with the Past

I appreciate you looking at my deck. Thanks for the input.

Stab on Oozesplosion, Turn 1 Delirium shell v11.5

7 years ago

Just wondering, why 4x Keeper of the Lens? There are definitely better 1 drops. Is it for delirium? If that's not the case here are some other 1 drops that I think could benefit you more.

Mana Creatures: Honored Hierarch, Blisterpod, Loam Dryad

A better 1 drop artifact creature: Thraben Gargoyle  ^Flip

Card draw: Insolent Neonate

Creatures that are just better: Permeating Mass, Kessig Prowler  ^Flip, Bold Impaler

Boza on One Mana Costs

7 years ago

White: Kytheon, Hero of Akros  ^Flip
Blue: Faerie Miscreant, but actually Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip.
Black: Indulgent Aristocrat
Red: Zurgo Bellstriker
Green: Blisterpod
Colorless: Keeper of the Lens, the only rival to Storm Crow

melvinthebored on Pauper EDH Primer

8 years ago

I had a good time trying to make Epochrasite work. I played literally every legal land except Terramorphic Expanse/ Evolving Wilds, 4 affinity cards, pretty much every creature, equipment, or cantrip with cmc 0-2, Whispersilk Cloak, 3-4 other 3 drops, and then finished off with anything else <2cmc which was even remotely close to playable like Squee's Toy. I replaced these last with Bronze Sable and Keeper of the Lens et al upon their release. Even if the rest of the dank was janky as heck, a 4/4 for 2 that recurs for free is some good. With wastes now I suppose I don't have to be slavish to the low curve anymore, but might keep squee's toy in just for nostalgia.

I also had fun with Tallowisp and Auratouched Mage.

Aven Mindcensor could be good in search heavy metas.

Crypt Rats has been printed as uncommon as well as common.