Ancestral Statue
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Type
- Artifact Creature — Golem
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 4
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir #234 (common)
- Price
- $0.16 USD
When this creature enters, return a nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand.
Ancestral Statue has 2 printings, first in Dragons of Tarkir (2015). EDHREC ranks it #7,042 among Commander cards. It appears most in Animar, Soul of Elements decks (12,247 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Ancestral Statue most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Animar, Soul of Elements: 12,247 decks
- Helga, Skittish Seer: 1,449 decks
- Rakdos, Lord of Riots: 1,137 decks
- Sami, Wildcat Captain: 1,052 decks
- Hamza, Guardian of Arashin: 359 decks
- Emrakul, the World Anew: 37 decks
- Myojin of Roaring Blades: 37 decks
- Myojin of Infinite Rage: 17 decks
Often played with Ancestral Statue
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.