Abzan Kin-Guard
Creature — Human Warrior
This creature has lifelink as long as you control a white or black permanent.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #27035
Abzan Kin-Guard is a 4/3 lifelinker for four mana — a stat line that barely clears the baseline for Constructed relevance and falls well short of Commander standards. It does exactly one thing on board and nothing when it enters, which is not enough for any competitive 100-card list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Abzan Kin-Guard is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Commander, four mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature with no ETB and no immediate board impact is a non-starter — the format's threat density is too high. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are even less forgiving; Abzan Kin-Guard competes against format staples that close games, not trade with early drops. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at a smaller scale, and the verdict doesn't change.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Abzan Kin-Guard is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a draft pile, not a deck slot. That price reflects demand accurately, and there's no competitive pressure that would move it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.