Printings
Guardian Idol
Card Information
Type: Artifact
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 753
Oracle Text
This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}: This artifact becomes a 2/2 Golem artifact creature until end of turn.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- November 17, 2017
If Guardian Idol has any +1/+1 counters on it, those counters will remain on it after it stops being a creature. Those counters will have no effect as long as Guardian Idol isn't a creature, but they will apply again if it later becomes a creature.
Source: wotc - November 17, 2017
Activating the last ability of Guardian Idol while it's already a creature will override any effects that set its power or toughness to a specific value. Effects that modify power or toughness without setting them to a specific value will continue to apply.
Source: wotc - August 1, 2008
A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.
Source: wotc
Price History
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