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◇ Catalog #40

Ivory Guardians

5ed·#40·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Adam Rex

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wishlisted

Mar 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.17+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.18 · low $0.16

NM$0.17

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.16–$0.18modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.17low $0.16range 6.3%n 53

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #30,816 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.17

Gameplay

Creature — Giant Cleric

Protection from red Creatures named Ivory Guardians get +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls a nontoken red permanent.

"But who is to guard the guards themselves?" —Juvenal, *Satires*

3/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 3

2009-10-01wotc

The abilities from multiple Ivory Guardians are cumulative. For example, if you control two different Ivory Guardians and an opponent controls a nontoken red permanent, each of your Ivory Guardians will be 5/5.

2009-10-01wotc

The ability of an Ivory Guardians will affect itself as well as all other creatures named Ivory Guardians (not just the ones you control).

2009-10-01wotc

Each ability applies a maximum of once, even if an opponent controls multiple nontoken red permanents or multiple opponents each control a nontoken red permanent.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.17. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.16 and $0.17 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 5ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #40 of *Fifth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1997 Fifth Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Giant Cleric, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {4}{W}{W} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Protection.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #30,816 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Adam Rex. Rarix catalogs 486 other cards credited to this artist.