Adaptive Gemguard
Artifact Creature — Gnome
LCIThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan#3common
Left to their own devices, gnomes reengineer their own devices.
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 565
- Illustrator
- Anthony Devine
- Found in
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan MTGO Redemption · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardLegal
Tap two untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
3/3Plays as:
Counter Placer
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Rulings
1 · latest Nov 10, 2023
- WotCNov 10, 2023
You can tap any two untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control, including Adaptive Gemguard itself and other creatures you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn, to pay the cost of Adaptive Gemguard's activated ability.