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◇ Catalog #15

Ivory Guardians

DIGITAL ONLY

me3·#15·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Melissa A. Benson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '09

17 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #30,816 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.06

Nonfoil$0.06

Gameplay

Creature — Giant Cleric

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

The elite guard of the Mesa High Priests, the Ivory Guardians, were created to protect the innocent and faithful. Some say their actions are above the law.

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 3 catalogued treatments from ME3 — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #15 of *Masters Edition III*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2009 Masters Edition III 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.