Felidar Guardian
Creature — Cat Beast
When this creature enters, you may exile another target permanent you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aether Revolt
- Price
- $2.36
- EDHREC rank
- #1606
Felidar Guardian enters the battlefield, blinks a permanent you control, and immediately threatens to go infinite with the right partner — all on a four-mana 1/4 body that survives most red removal. It's the cheaper, creature-based cousin of Restoration Angel, and in Preston, the Vanisher decks it doubles as both combo piece and token engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | banned |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Felidar Guardian is banned in Pioneer, where its infinite combo with Saheeli Rai was deemed fast enough and consistent enough to warp the format around it. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage let it roam free because those formats have faster, more efficient things to fear. Commander gives it a full pass — the singleton rule means you can't reliably assemble the two-card loop every game, and the multiplayer environment dilutes the threat enough that Felidar Guardian reads as an interactive value piece rather than a degenerate lock.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Preston, the Vanisher
Preston, the Vanisher turns every nontoken creature entering the battlefield into a free 0/1 Illusion token, so blinking Felidar Guardian with itself via Preston's trigger creates a loop that floods the board with tokens and triggers any payoff you have in play.
Aminatou, the Fateshifter
Felidar Guardian goes infinite with Aminatou, the Fateshifter directly — blinking Aminatou resets her loyalty and lets you loop her minus ability indefinitely, making this one of the cleanest two-card commanders-plus-piece combos in the 99.
Yorion, Sky Nomad
Yorion, Sky Nomad is built around blinking as many permanents as possible, and Felidar Guardian adds a second flicker effect that chains with Yorion to double-trigger every enters-the-battlefield ability in the deck.
Aang, at the Crossroads
Aang, at the Crossroads rewards flickering creatures to reuse powerful ETB triggers, and Felidar Guardian slots in as a repeatable blink engine that keeps Aang's synergy chain running each turn cycle.
Plagon, Lord of the Beach
Plagon, Lord of the Beach cares about creatures entering the battlefield in quantity, and Felidar Guardian's ability to reset itself and other ETB creatures makes it one of the most efficient trigger-generators in the deck.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianEphemerate
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite blinking of permanents; Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce; Exile all nonland permanents opponents control; Infinite mana lands you control can produce
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardFelidar GuardianEphemerate
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
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Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianCloudshift
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite blinking of permanents; Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce; Exile all nonland permanents opponents control; Infinite mana lands you control can produce
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardFelidar GuardianCloudshift
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
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Current price
$2.36 cheap tier
At $2.36, Felidar Guardian sits comfortably in the cheap tier — you're getting a proven combo piece and blink engine for the cost of a draft pack. Combo staples at this price point tend to hold steady; there's no meaningful reprint pressure that would push it lower, and its Pioneer ban only reinforces its reputation as a card worth owning.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.