Azorius Skyguard
Creature — Human Knight
Flying, first strike
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-0.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #23038
Azorius Skyguard enters as a 3/3 flyer and hands every other creature you control +1/+1 and flying until end of turn — that's a combat-step alpha strike stapled to a body. Six mana is a real ask, and this effect doesn't justify the slot outside dedicated go-wide or evasion-matters builds.
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 |
Azorius Skyguard is a Commander card through and through — the effect scales with board width, and multiplayer tables give you time to build the go-wide setup it rewards. In competitive 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, six mana for a single combat trick is unplayable; those formats will never see it. Commander is where it belongs, specifically in decks that flood the board with small flyers or token creatures and need one swing to close the game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Azorius Skyguard is deep bulk — no buy-in risk whatsoever. Bulk rares at this price point don't appreciate unless they find a breakout home, and nothing about this card's role suggests that's coming.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.