Council Guardian
Creature — Giant Soldier
Will of the council — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for blue, black, red, or green. This creature gains protection from each color with the most votes or tied for most votes.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17295
Council Guardian is a 6/6 for five mana whose protection ability is determined by a vote at the table — meaning your opponents choose which color protects it, almost certainly picking the one that blanks your removal suite. The political tension is real, but a five-mana 6/6 with no guaranteed evasion and protection you don't control is too unreliable to build around.
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 |
Council Guardian is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through — the will of the council mechanic only generates meaningful politics when there are three or more players at the table. In a Legacy or Vintage context, a five-mana 6/6 with conditional protection doesn't compete on rate. In Commander, the card rewards decks that can manipulate or benefit from vote outcomes, but most tables will coordinate to give Council Guardian the least useful protection color and move on.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Council Guardian isn't available in this listing. It's a niche multiplayer card with a narrow design space, so expect it to sit in bulk or near-bulk range at most retailers — worth grabbing as a one-of if you're building a vote-matters theme, but not a card that commands a premium.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.