Ivory Guardians
Fifth Edition (5ED) #40 · Uncommon · Creature — Giant Cleric
Mana cost: {4}{W}{W}
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*
Power/toughness 3/3 · Illustrated by Adam Rex · Released March 24, 1997
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.18 USD · €0.15 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.04 USD (28.6%) to $0.18 USD; low $0.14 USD, high $0.18 USD.
Printings
- Masters Edition III #15 (ME3) · Uncommon · 2009
- Fifth Edition #40 (this printing) · Uncommon · 1997 · $0.18 USD
- Chronicles #8 (CHR) · Uncommon · 1995 · $0.19 USD
- Legends #23 (LEG) · Uncommon · 1994 · $1.66 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — 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.
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — The ability of an Ivory Guardians will affect itself as well as all other creatures named Ivory Guardians (not just the ones you control).
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — 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.