Garenbrig Paladin
Creature — Giant Knight
Adamant — If at least three green mana was spent to cast this spell, this creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #25798
Garenbrig Paladin lands as a 4/4 with no hoops — the adamant clause is trivially satisfied in any mono-green or heavily green shell, making it a clean, above-rate body for four mana. It can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less, which matters more than it looks in formats full of mana dorks and token chump-blockers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Garenbrig Paladin is a fringe inclusion at best — four mana for a vanilla-adjacent beater doesn't clear the bar in a format where four-drops compete with Cultivate, Reclamation Sage, and actual threats. Pauper is where it has a real case: common-legal 4/4s that reliably land with evasion are scarce, and green stompy shells can satisfy adamant without contorting their mana base. In Modern and Pioneer, the card is simply outclassed — green four-drops in those formats win games, and Garenbrig Paladin does not. Legacy and Vintage aren't worth discussing for a card at this power level.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Garenbrig Paladin is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. That price won't move; there's no competitive demand and no casual spike waiting to happen.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.