Ancestral Statue
Ancestral Statue: Artifact Creature - Golem, Jumpstart. When this creature enters, return a nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Golem
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Jumpstart (JMP)
- Released
- 2020-07-17
- Collector number
- 458
- Artist
- Tomasz Jedruszek
- Commander rank
- 6,941 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Ancestral Statue
Ancestral Statue is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common colourless artifact creature from Jumpstart (JMP), a draft-focused set released in July 2020. It is collector number 458 in that set, with art by Tomasz Jedruszek. It costs {4} (four generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Dragons of Tarkir (2015) to Jumpstart (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this creature enters, return a nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand.
The mage awakened the statue in hopes of learning the lost lore of her clan, but the statue was interested only in war.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ancestral Statue by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Ancestral Statue
Ancestral Statue has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #234 | Common | 2015 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Ancestral Statue, newest first.
- The triggered ability doesn’t target any permanent. You choose which one to return as the ability resolves. No player can respond to this choice once the ability starts resolving.
- Ancestral Statue’s ability is mandatory. If Ancestral Statue is the only nonland permanent you control when its ability resolves, you must return it to its owner’s hand.
Similar cards
Other artifact creature cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.