---
name: "Ixidron"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Illusion"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "C19"
set_name: "Commander 2019"
collector_number: "87"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Antonio José Manzanedo"
oracle_id: "a86587ea-14ec-45db-8bac-10b6b9eaeb25"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ixidron-c19"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ixidron
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Illusion

## Oracle Text
As this creature enters, turn all other nontoken creatures face down. (They're 2/2 creatures.)
Ixidron's power and toughness are each equal to the number of face-down creatures on the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ixidor, Reality Sculptor](/printing/ixidor-reality-sculptor-ons.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Illusionary Mask](/printing/illusionary-mask-me3.md) — Artifact
3. [Obscuring Aether](/printing/obscuring-aether-mkc.md) — Enchantment
4. [Secret Plans](/printing/secret-plans-c19.md) — Enchantment
5. [Krovikan Mist](/printing/krovikan-mist-ddm.md) — Creature — Illusion
6. [Expose the Culprit](/printing/expose-the-culprit-mkm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2019 (C19) #87
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Antonio José Manzanedo

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2006-09-25)* Turning a face-down creature face-down typically has no effect; the creature's status is unchanged.
- *(2006-09-25)* If Ixidron and another creature are entering at the same time, the other creature enters face up.
- *(2006-09-25)* The controller of a face-down creature can look at it at any time, even if it doesn't have morph. Other players can't, but the rules for face-down permanents state that "you must ensure at all times that your face-down spells and permanents can be easily differentiated from each other." As a result, all players must be able to figure out what each of the creatures Ixidron turned face down is.
- *(2006-09-25)* You turn the creatures face-down *as* Ixidron enters. There is never a moment when Ixidron is on the battlefield and the creatures are face-up. If a creature on the battlefield has a "whenever another creature enters" ability, it won't trigger because that creature will be face down before Ixidron enters.
- *(2018-04-27)* Creatures turned face down by Ixidron are 2/2 creatures with no text, no name, no subtypes, no expansion symbol, and no mana cost. These values are copiable if an object becomes a copy of one of those creatures, and their normal values are not copiable.