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Steel Golem

Card Name

Steel Golem

Mana Cost

3

Type

Artifact Creature – Golem

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

You can't cast creature spells.

Flavor Text

"Although I would give my life to protect Gerrard, my conscience will not let me take another's. There are many who would not hesitate." —Karn, silver golem

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
You can put creatures onto the battlefield by means other than casting them.
(10/4/2004)
Yes, this only affects you.
(4/1/2008)
A "creature spell" is any spell with the type Creature, even if it has other types such as Artifact or Enchantment. Older cards of type Summon are also Creature spells.