Ageless Guardian
Creature — Spirit Soldier
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #23572
Ageless Guardian is a 1/4 with vigilance for two mana — a body that blocks well and attacks without tapping, which sounds fine until you realize every competitive deck has better things to do with a two-drop slot. It's a Limited filler card that never graduates to Constructed relevance.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ageless Guardian doesn't have a home in any Constructed format where it's legal. In Commander, a 1/4 vigilance for two competes against ramp, interaction, and card draw — and loses every time; the only shell that would even consider it is a white lifegain or defender-matters build, and those have strictly better options. In Pauper, aggressive decks want more power on the board and control decks want answers, so Ageless Guardian sits between roles without excelling at either. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are non-starters — the card simply doesn't do enough at any point on the curve to justify inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Ageless Guardian is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in the dollar-rare bin by accident. There's no competitive demand to push the price up, so it stays at floor value indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.