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Ancient Adamantoise

Creature — Turtle MV 8

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What it does

Vigilance, ward 3

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.

Combos with Ancient Adamantoise

The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

  • Arcbond Infinite
    • Infinite damage
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Gravewaker Ashnod's Altar Archelos, Lagoon Mystic Infinite
    • Infinite artifact ETB
    • Infinite artifact LTB
    • Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite artifact tokens
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite colored mana
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite colorless mana
    • Infinite Treasure tokens
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Nim Deathmantle Krark-Clan Ironworks Ashnod's Altar Infinite
    • Infinite artifact ETB
    • Infinite artifact tokens
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite colorless mana
    • Infinite tapped Treasure tokens
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Nim Deathmantle Ashnod's Altar Archelos, Lagoon Mystic Infinite
    • Infinite artifact ETB
    • Infinite artifact LTB
    • Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite artifact tokens
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite colored mana
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite colorless mana
    • Infinite Treasure tokens
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms Ashnod's Altar Archelos, Lagoon Mystic Infinite
    • Infinite artifact ETB
    • Infinite artifact LTB
    • Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite artifact tokens
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite colorless mana
    • Infinite storm count
    • Infinite colored mana
    • Infinite Treasure tokens
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Enduring Renewal Blasting Station Amulet of Vigor Infinite
    • Infinite artifact ETB
    • Infinite artifact LTB
    • Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite artifact tokens
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite colored mana
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite damage
    • Infinite storm count
    • Infinite Treasure tokens
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →

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Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2025-06-06

    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.

  • 2025-06-06

    Effects that remove all damage from a permanent (such as regeneration) will still remove damage from Ancient Adamantoise.

  • 2025-06-06

    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.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Ancient Adamantoise, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 1
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Every version of Ancient Adamantoise

2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ancient Adamantoise. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.