Armory Guard
Creature — Giant Soldier
This creature has vigilance as long as you control a Gate.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #26172
Armory Guard is a four-mana 2/5 with vigilance when you control a Gate — a defensive body that rarely earns its slot. Outside dedicated Gate synergy decks, there are simply better walls and blockers at every point on the curve.
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 |
Armory Guard is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance. In Pauper it's the most plausible home, where Gate synergy packages built around Gatekeeper of Malakir and Maze's End occasionally appear at budget tables. In Commander, Armory Guard competes against too many efficient defensive options to justify the slot outside a Gate-tribal build. Everywhere else — Modern, Legacy, Vintage — it's a non-starter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Armory Guard is deep bulk — a card you're more likely to pull from a commons box than buy deliberately. There's no pressure on that price to move in either direction; bulk commons with narrow applications stay bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.