Temple Altisaur
Temple Altisaur: Creature - Dinosaur, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Dinosaur
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 138
- Artist
- Daarken
- Commander rank
- 3,052 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Temple Altisaur
Temple Altisaur is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 138 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {4}{W} (four generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Rivals of Ixalan (2018) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.97 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
If a source would deal damage to another Dinosaur you control, prevent all but 1 of that damage.
"Kinjalli sculpted humans from clay, but the dinosaurs were carved from unyielding stone." -Itzama the Crested
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.97 (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 Temple Altisaur by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Temple Altisaur
Temple Altisaur has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #28s | Rare | 2018 |
| Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) #28 | Rare | 2018 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Temple Altisaur, newest first.
- The effects of two Temple Altisaurs won't reduce the damage from one source below 1 damage.
- Combat damage can be assigned to other Dinosaurs you control as normal, but most of that damage will be prevented. For example, if a 3/3 Dinosaur you control blocks a 5/5 creature with trample, the attacking player may assign 2 of that creature's combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking and Temple Altisaur will prevent 2 of the 3 damage assigned to the defending Dinosaur.
- If multiple sources would deal damage to another Dinosaur you control, all but 1 damage from each of those sources is prevented.
- If multiple replacement and/or prevention effects could apply to a Dinosaur you control, you choose the order in which to apply those effects. For example, if another effect will prevent 1 damage that would be dealt to a Dinosaur, you may apply Temple Altisaur's effect to prevent all but 1 of that damage and then apply the other effect to prevent that 1 damage.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Temple Altisaur is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.