Earth Kingdom Protectors
Creature — Human Soldier Ally
Vigilance
Sacrifice this creature: Another target Ally you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #10365
Earth Kingdom Protectors puts a 4/4 vigilance body into play while simultaneously generating a token — that's two threats for one card, and Katara, the Fearless turns both into immediate pressure through her combat-step recursion. The cost is a five-mana ask in green-white, which is fair for the value but means it sits in your hand when you're flooded on three lands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Katara, the Fearless
Katara, the Fearless runs Earth Kingdom Protectors because the two bodies it creates both qualify as fodder for her sacrifice-and-return engine, letting her generate repeated combat threats without spending additional cards.
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician wants Earth Kingdom Protectors for the same two-for-one math — the token and the base creature both count toward his team-wide payoffs, stretching a single card slot into multiple triggers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Earth Kingdom Protectors is a Commander card front-to-back — its value is almost entirely about generating two bodies for one slot in a format where card advantage compounds over a long game. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a five-mana sorcery that doesn't immediately threaten a win or stabilize a board is too slow to matter, and the same is true in Legacy where the competition for five-mana slots is essentially nonexistent. Standard is the only constructed format where a 4/4 plus a token at five mana is remotely on-rate, but even there it lacks the pushed text needed to make a real impact. Commander is where it lives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Earth Kingdom Protectors is deep bulk — pick it up in any common pile or throw it in a trade as an afterthought. Bulk rares from set releases rarely move unless they find a breakout combo home, and this one's ceiling is limited to theme-deck demand.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.