Ancestral Statue

First printed in Dragons of Tarkir (2015)

All 2 prints

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Jumpstart (JMP) #458, 2020
Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #234, 2015

Ancestral Statue

Artifact Creature — Golem

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

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (8 of 6150). Most played in Helga, Skittish Seer.

Combos

144 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ancestral Statue + Intruder Alarm
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ancestral Statue + Temur Battlecrier
Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain…: Ancestral Statue + Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ancestral Statue + Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ancestral Statue + Sami, Wildcat Captain
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ancestral Statue + Mycosynth Golem
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ancestral Statue + Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ancestral Statue + Peregrine Drake + Starfield Vocalist
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ancestral Statue + Panharmonicon + Peregrine Drake

See all 144 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 8 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

8

8 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

31%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Helga, Skittish Seer	0.3%	6%
Sami, Wildcat Captain	0.1%	11%
Animar, Soul of Elements	0.1%	86%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Wooded Foothills	100%	1.7
Mana Confluence	100%	1.4
Command Tower	100%	1.2
Chrome Mox	100%	1.1
Walking Ballista	88%	8.7
Hullbreaker Horror	88%	7.0
Phyrexian Metamorph	88%	5.8
Breeding Pool	88%	3.8
Tropical Island	88%	2.6
Hexing Squelcher	88%	2.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Helga, Skittish Seer Luca Leão Cruz in Mana Burn II - European cEDH Championship Qualifier	2-3 40%
Sami, Wildcat Captain Just_Ice [Sentinel] in Commander Invitational Qualifier - Riddle & Rune	2-4 33%
Animar, Soul of Elements Rodrigo Cañas in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede La Serena	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Animar, Soul of Elements Cody Bergantino, 18 Oct	1 main	#35 0-3
Sami, Wildcat Captain Just_Ice [Sentinel], 17 Oct	1 main	#10 2-4
Animar, Soul of Elements Travus K, 10 Oct	1 main	#54 0-4
Animar, Soul of Elements Rodrigo Cañas, 10 Oct	1 main	#25 1-4
Animar, Soul of Elements Jens Kaltenbach, 10 Oct	1 main	#36 0-4
Animar, Soul of Elements Riccardo Guerra, 10 Oct	1 main	#4 1-2
Animar, Soul of Elements Martin Karlík, 4 Oct	1 main	#22 0-3
Helga, Skittish Seer Luca Leão Cruz, 4 Oct	1 main	#8 2-3

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Duel Commander.