Jade Statue
Artifact
: This artifact becomes a 3/6 Golem artifact creature until end of combat. Activate only during combat.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Intl. Collectors' Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29449
Jade Statue is a 3/6 creature on your turn for three mana — that's a legitimate body — but you're paying six total and a tap activation every single turn to get there, and it sits as a vanilla 0/3 artifact the moment you can't afford the upkeep. Better threats exist at this cost without the maintenance tax.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Jade Statue is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition for artifact slots is brutal and Jade Statue doesn't come close to clearing the bar. Modern has moved so far past this kind of incremental threat that it wouldn't see a deck. Commander is nominally its best home — a 3/6 body can at least survive combat in the early game — but the two-mana-per-turn activation cost means you're perpetually choosing between developing your board and animating a statue, and that tension rarely pays off.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Jade Statue at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure. Given its status as a vintage oddity with no competitive application, expect bulk-rare territory — the kind of card you pick up for a dollar or find in a collection binder.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.