---
name: "Guardian Idol"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "467"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "829d2e11-192f-4093-99f8-e13767b321a2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/guardian-idol-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Guardian Idol
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
This artifact enters tapped.
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}: This artifact becomes a 2/2 Golem artifact creature until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Warden of the Wall](/printing/warden-of-the-wall-dka.md) — Artifact
2. [Custodian of the Trove](/printing/custodian-of-the-trove-dtk.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
3. [Jade Statue](/printing/jade-statue-9ed.md) — Artifact
4. [Gilded Sentinel](/printing/gilded-sentinel-xln.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
5. [Golem Artisan](/printing/golem-artisan-cmr.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
6. [Ur-Golem's Eye](/printing/ur-golems-eye-c14.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #467
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2008-08-01)* A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} 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.
- *(2017-11-17)* If Guardian Idol has any +1/+1 counters on it, those counters will remain on it after it stops being a creature. Those counters will have no effect as long as Guardian Idol isn't a creature, but they will apply again if it later becomes a creature.
- *(2017-11-17)* Activating the last ability of Guardian Idol while it's already a creature will override any effects that set its power or toughness to a specific value. Effects that modify power or toughness without setting them to a specific value will continue to apply.