Fairgrounds Warden

Creature — Dwarf Soldier

When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this creature leaves the battlefield.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Kaladesh Remastered
Price
EDHREC rank
#18495
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Fairgrounds Warden exiles a creature until it leaves — a clean tempo play that doubles as a flicker target in white blink shells. The three-mana 1/3 body is undersized, but the removal effect justifies the slot whenever you can abuse the enter-the-battlefield trigger.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Commander is where Fairgrounds Warden earns its keep, specifically in Brago, King Eternal or Aminatou, the Fateshifter shells that can blink it repeatedly to chain removals or loop the exile as a soft lock. Outside of Commander, it sees essentially no competitive play — Modern and Pioneer have access to cheaper, harder removal that doesn't walk away when the body dies. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely. Fairgrounds Warden is a narrow role-player: powerful in the right sixty-card-singleton shell, irrelevant everywhere else.

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Price Context

Current price

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Price data isn't available for Fairgrounds Warden at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current number. Given its narrow competitive footprint, it almost certainly sits at bulk pricing, which makes it an easy pickup if the effect fits your list.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.