Cemetery Protector
Creature — Human Soldier
Flash
When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard.
Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.83
- EDHREC rank
- #9720
Cemetery Protector enters the battlefield and immediately exiles a card from any graveyard, then converts every future card played that shares that type into a free 1/1 Human token — that's a passive token engine stapled to graveyard hate on a 3/4 body for four mana. It's a slam in any white deck that cares about token quantity or Human tribal, and Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart decks run it in over a third of builds for good reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart triggers off Human tokens entering the battlefield, and Cemetery Protector turns every spell cast of the named type into a free Human — that's a sustained token drip that feeds Greymond's anthem and life-gain engine for the rest of the game.
Kyler, Sigardian Emissary
Kyler, Sigardian Emissary grows whenever a Human enters under your control, so Cemetery Protector's token generation off a common card type can balloon Kyler to lethal stats within a few turns.
Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom
Trynn creates a Human token at each end step you attacked, and Silvar sacrifices Humans for indestructibility — Cemetery Protector layers in an additional stream of Human tokens that fuels both halves of the partnership without spending extra resources.
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime taps each Human you control for mana, so the extra 1/1 Humans Cemetery Protector generates translate directly into accelerated mana production, compounding with every subsequent spell of the named type.
Katilda and Lier
Katilda and Lier care about spell types and graveyard interaction, and Cemetery Protector's enter-the-battlefield exile effect doubles as incidental hate against opposing reanimation strategies while still spinning out tokens to support the go-wide plan.
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 |
In Commander, Cemetery Protector is a role-player in any white token or Human tribal deck — the exile trigger is relevant graveyard interaction, and the token generation scales hard when you name a card type your deck casts repeatedly. In Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow at four mana to see meaningful competitive play; aggressive Human shells have cheaper payoffs, and midrange decks want more immediately impactful threats. Legacy and Vintage can legally run it but won't — the rate simply doesn't compete. Cemetery Protector's home is squarely Commander, where the game goes long enough for the token engine to matter and the singleton format rewards flexible, multi-function cards.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.83 bulk tier
At $0.83, Cemetery Protector sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a genuine engine piece in the right Commander shells. The price reflects low competitive demand, so it's an easy include budget-wise — don't expect significant movement unless a breakout Human or token commander drives adoption.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
- Kyler, Sigardian Emissary
- Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom
- Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
- Katilda and Lier
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.