Adaptive Gemguard
lciThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan#3common
Legal in 18 of 23 formats
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.09
Foil$0.10
Foil premium
1.11×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$0.09
Foil
$0.10
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Card text & rulings
Oracle text
Artifact Creature — Gnome
Tap two untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
P/T3/3
Ability breakdown
Abilities
ActivatedTap two untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Rulings
- 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.
Market & price history
Market
LCI #3
2026-07-06Adaptive Gemguard
$0.09TCGplayer market▲ 0.0% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.01Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.01· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.00 (0.0%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$0.01Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.08· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$-0.07 (-700.0%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 6h agoRealized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$0.09▲ +12.5%
Foil$0.10▲ +11.1%
Demand signals
Plays as
Counter Placer
Combos
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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
“Left to their own devices, gnomes reengineer their own devices.”
Illustrated by
Anthony Devine
Reference & exit links
Card details
- Artist
- Anthony Devine
- Frame
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
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