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◇ Catalog #8

Ivory Guardians

bchr·#8·uncommon·nonfoil·JA

Illus. Melissa A. Benson

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Jul 1995

31 yr ago

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #30,816 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Giant Cleric

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

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from BCHR — 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 #8 of *Chronicles Foreign Black Border*, the set that shipped alongside the July 1995 Chronicles Foreign Black Border 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 Melissa A. Benson. Rarix catalogs 261 other cards credited to this artist.