Jade Statue

Artifact, 4 (4)

{2}: Jade Statue becomes a 3/6 Golem artifact creature until end of combat. Activate this ability only during combat.

"Some of the other guys dared me to touch it, but I knew it weren't no ordinary hunk o' rock." -Norin the Wary

Illus. Dan Frazier

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/4/2004: If an external effect that animates an artifact is used on the Statue, you get a 4/4 artifact creature which can becomes a 3/6 artifact creature during the combat phase.
• 10/4/2004: It can only make itself into a creature during combat phases and therefore it is difficult to get Auras placed on it.
• 8/1/2005: A delayed triggered ability that refers to Jade Statue still affects it even if it's no longer a creature. For example, if Jade Statue blocks the Kashi-Tribe Warriors ("Whenever Kashi-Tribe Warriors deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step."), the Warriors' effect stops Jade Statue from untapping.
• 8/1/2005: If Jade Statue's ability has been activated, abilities that trigger "at end of combat" will see Jade Statue as an artifact creature.
• 8/1/2008: A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature is subject to the "summoning sickness" rule: It can only attack, and its {T} abilities can only be activated, if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of his or her most recent turn.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern