Defender of the Order
Creature — Human Cleric
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #29938
Defender of the Order hands every creature you control protection from your choice of color the moment it enters — a board-wide shield stapled to a 2/3 body for four mana. It's a solid defensive play in go-wide token strategies, though the four-mana cost and vanilla stats mean it earns its slot only when the color protection is reliably relevant.
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 |
Defender of the Order is a Commander card through and through — the ability scales with board width, and 100-card singleton shields it from the redundancy problem that would sink it in constructed. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, it has no competitive footprint; four mana for a 2/3 with a situational static effect doesn't clear the bar in those formats. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander case closely enough that the same token-heavy builds where it shines there apply here as well.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Defender of the Order is deep bulk — easy to acquire and trivial to trade for. Bulk rares with narrow application rarely climb without a competitive breakout, so treat it as a cheap pickup for the specific decks that want it rather than a card to stock up on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.