---
name: "Ivory Guardians"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Giant Cleric"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Protection"]
set: "ME3"
set_name: "Masters Edition III"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Melissa A. Benson"
oracle_id: "78171447-1bc8-4588-b427-5b82701324c5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ivory-guardians-me3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ivory Guardians
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Giant Cleric
- **Keywords:** Protection

## Oracle Text
Protection from red
Creatures named Ivory Guardians get +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls a nontoken red permanent.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crimson Acolyte](/printing/crimson-acolyte-inv.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Beasts of Bogardan](/printing/beasts-of-bogardan-chr.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Absolute Law](/printing/absolute-law-usg.md) — Enchantment
4. [Guardian of the Guildpact](/printing/guardian-of-the-guildpact-dis.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Soltari Priest](/printing/soltari-priest-tpr.md) — Creature — Soltari Cleric
6. [Repentant Blacksmith](/printing/repentant-blacksmith-5ed.md) — Creature — Human

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition III (ME3) #15
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Melissa A. Benson

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2009-10-01)* The abilities from multiple Ivory Guardians are cumulative. For example, if you control two different Ivory Guardians and an opponent controls a nontoken red permanent, each of your Ivory Guardians will be 5/5.
- *(2009-10-01)* The ability of an Ivory Guardians will affect itself as well as all other creatures named Ivory Guardians (not just the ones you control).
- *(2009-10-01)* Each ability applies a maximum of once, even if an opponent controls multiple nontoken red permanents or multiple opponents each control a nontoken red permanent.