---
name: "Ancestral Statue"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Golem"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "458"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tomasz Jedruszek"
oracle_id: "da69fbf7-c894-41dd-85ec-217de23a362f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ancestral-statue-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ancestral Statue
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Golem
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, return a nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand.

> *The mage awakened the statue in hopes of learning the lost lore of her clan, but the statue was interested only in war.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Clay Revenant](/printing/clay-revenant-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
3. [Aegis Automaton](/printing/aegis-automaton-aer.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
4. [Sand Golem](/printing/sand-golem-mir.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
5. [Obelisk of Undoing](/printing/obelisk-of-undoing-atq.md) — Artifact
6. [Epitaph Golem](/printing/epitaph-golem-sir.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #458
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tomasz Jedruszek
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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