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Xanthic Statue

Magic: The GatheringWeatherlight#163

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Magic: The Gathering

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WeatherlightWTH · #163

Card type: Artifact
Rarity: Rare
Indicative price: 0.83 € · 0.56 $
Mana value: 8
Colour: Colourless

Card text

: Until end of turn, this artifact becomes an 8/8 Golem artifact creature with trample.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Hannibal King
Card language: English
Release date: 1997-06-09

Flavour text

"Until you have lived as a statue, do not talk to me of pigeons." —Karn, silver golem

Rulings

2008-08-01

A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn’t matter how long the permanent has been a creature.