Golbez, Crystal Collector
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Type: Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Oracle Text:
Whenever an artifact you control enters, surveil 1.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control four or more artifacts, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Then if you control eight or more artifacts, each opponent loses life equal to that card's power.
Power/Toughness: 1/4
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Final Fantasy
Price ( USD): $3.23
USD: $3.23 · EUR: €2.91
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Character Background
Golbez, Crystal Collector rewards an artifact-heavy midrange/value strategy that leans toward card advantage and incremental inevitability rather than raw aggro or pure control — think grindy UB value with a combo finish. Each artifact ETB gives you surveil 1, letting you sculpt draws and set up graveyard targets, while the four-artifact threshold repeatedly reclaims a creature and the eight-artifact threshold converts that recursion into direct reach by draining opponents for the returned creature’s power. Build with lots of cheap ETB artifacts (Mishra’s Bauble, Ichor Wellspring, Chromatic Star) and token generators so you hit four and then eight artifacts reliably, and include artifact tutors (Fabricate-type effects) and efficient reanimation targets — a high-power creature to recur for reach or a one that grants an immediate board swing. Golbez pairs well with blink or sacrifice synergies to reuse returned creatures, and with card-selection engines that exploit surveil; this is fundamentally a value-to-combo deck that wins by small inevitabilities and a late-game lethal recursion.
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