First printed in Final Fantasy (2025)
Creature — Turtle
Vigilance, ward 
Damage isn't removed from this creature during cleanup steps.
All damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control is dealt to this creature instead.
When this creature dies, exile it and create ten tapped Treasure tokens.
8/20
- Illustrated by
- Kevin Glint
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Rulings (3)
- If you control more than one Ancient Adamantoise, you choose which redirection effect to apply. You can't divide damage dealt by a single source between them. For example, if an attacking creature would deal 8 damage to you and you control two Ancient Adamantoises, you'll choose which of those Ancient Adamantoises will take that damage. You can't have 4 damage be dealt to each Ancient Adamantoise, and you can't choose to take the damage yourself.
- Effects that remove all damage from a permanent (such as regeneration) will still remove damage from Ancient Adamantoise.
- In the incredibly rare case where, during your cleanup step, Ancient Adamantoise is phased out with damage marked on it, Ancient Adamantoise's second ability won't apply and all marked damage will be removed from it during that cleanup step.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.01 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy (FIN), Premier Draft | 58.9% | +3.2 | +5.0 | 5124 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
153 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite damage: Ancient Adamantoise + Arcbond
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Amulet of Vigor + Ancient Adamantoise + Blasting Station + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Infinite Reflection
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Altar of Dementia + Amulet of Vigor + Ancient Adamantoise + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Infinite Reflection
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms + Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder + Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Bloodthrone Vampire + Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
- Infinite charge counters on a permanent, Infinite creature ETB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Archelos, Lagoon Mystic + Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms + Spawning Pit
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite artifact ETB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Nim Deathmantle
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite artifact ETB…: Ancient Adamantoise + Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Nim Deathmantle