Fang Guardian
Creature — Ape Druid
Flash
When this creature enters, another target creature or Vehicle you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #21118
Fang Guardian is a defensive body that trades early pressure for late-game staying power — cheap to cast, but its impact is limited to slowing down combat rather than advancing your own game plan. It earns a slot only in decks that specifically reward life gain or need redundant blockers; everywhere else, the card slot is better spent.
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 |
In Commander, Fang Guardian sits at the bottom of a crowded pile of defensive creatures — there are simply too many cards that block and also do something relevant, and a 3-mana defensive body with no immediate value is a hard sell in 100-card decks. In 60-card formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, Fang Guardian might see fringe play in aggressive life-gain shells that need cheap defensive speed bumps, but it lacks the raw stats or upside to compete with format staples. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the power ceiling in those formats is too high for a card that doesn't affect the board the turn it enters. Across all legal formats, Fang Guardian is a Limited card wearing Constructed clothes.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Fang Guardian is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a draft cube or a bulk bin without a second thought. Don't expect the price to move; demand for Fang Guardian in any competitive or high-power context is effectively zero.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.