Ancient Adamantoise

five generic mana one green mana Creature — TurtlePower and toughness8/20

Vigilance, ward three generic mana

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.

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Ancient Adamantoise rulings

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.
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.

Ancient Adamantoise keyword rules

Vigilance Rule 702.20

Vigilance is a static ability that modifies the rules for the declare attackers step.

Attacking doesn’t cause creatures with vigilance to tap. (See rule , “Declare Attackers Step.”)

Multiple instances of vigilance on the same creature are redundant.

Ward Rule 702.21

Ward is a triggered ability. Ward [cost] means “Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless that player pays [cost].”

Some ward abilities include an X in their cost and state what X is equal to. This value is determined at the time the ability resolves, not locked in as the ability triggers.