Ancient Stone Idol
Artifact Creature — Golem
Flash This spell costs
less to cast for each attacking creature.
Trample
When this creature dies, create a 6/12 colorless Construct artifact creature token with trample.Plays as:
Artifact Token MakerDiscounted SpellLTB TriggerCreature Token MakerToken Payoff
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Used in 2 known combosEDHREC #2,536Played in Under 1% of all cEDH decks
- Printings
- 4
- Price range
- $0.76to$1.16
Versions
4 printings · from $0.76
In products
Rulings
3 · latest Jul 13, 2018
- WotCJul 13, 2018
Ancient Stone Idol's cost is reduced for each attacking creature, not just creatures attacking you. It even counts your attacking creatures.
- WotCJul 13, 2018
If there are enough attacking creatures, Ancient Stone Idol's cost can be reduced to
. - WotCJul 13, 2018
The total cost to cast a spell is locked in before you pay that cost. For example, if you control five attacking creatures, including one you can sacrifice to add
, Ancient Stone Idol costs 
to cast. Then you can sacrifice the creature when you activate mana abilities just before paying the cost, and it still costs only to cast.