Caldaia Guardian
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever this creature or another creature you control with mana value 4 or greater dies, create two 1/1 green and white Citizen creature tokens.
Blitz 
(If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #17390
Caldaia Guardian puts a free 3/4 trampler on the board the turn you need it most — the cost is just two creatures you were likely sacrificing anyway. It exists almost entirely to fuel Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis, and outside that shell it has almost no home.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Caldaia Guardian is a narrow card in every legal format. In Commander, it slots into graveyard-heavy sacrifice decks where convoke and delve overlap — Hogaak shells, Meren of Clan Nel Toth, or Karador, Ghost Chieftain builds that want cheap high-power bodies. Legacy and Vintage are the only constructed formats where it's legal, and it sees no play in either — the convoke cost is real and the payoff isn't close to what those formats demand. Stick to Commander graveyard synergy decks; anywhere else, Caldaia Guardian is just a vanilla 3/4.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Hogaak, Arisen NecropolisCaldaia GuardianAltar of Dementia
Infinite self-mill; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite mill; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite tapped creature tokens
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Caldaia Guardian is pure bulk — pick it up without thinking about the price. Demand is narrow enough that it won't appreciate, but it also won't cost you anything to slot into the right deck.
Explore
Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.