---
name: "Adaptive Gemguard"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Gnome"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anthony Devine"
oracle_id: "2fdc0d15-ecb4-4a6d-be77-7a3fca188c9c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/adaptive-gemguard-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Adaptive Gemguard
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Gnome
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Tap two untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

> *Laissés à eux-mêmes, les gnomes repensèrent leurs défenses eux-mêmes.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [By Gnome Means](/printing/by-gnome-means-ulst.md) — Enchantment
2. [Cogwork Progenitor](/printing/cogwork-progenitor-ylci.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
3. [Tawnos's Tinkering](/printing/tawnoss-tinkering-bro.md) — Instant
4. [Clockwork Servant](/printing/clockwork-servant-eld.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
5. [Tinker's Tote](/printing/tinkers-tote-lci.md) — Artifact
6. [Envoy of Okinec Ahau](/printing/envoy-of-okinec-ahau-lci.md) — Creature — Cat Advisor

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #3
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anthony Devine
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`