Garenbrig Squire
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever you cast a creature spell that has an Adventure, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. (It doesn't need to have gone on the adventure first.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #27583
Garenbrig Squire enters as a 2/2 for two mana and grows by +1/+1 whenever you cast a spell with Ward — a reasonable floor with a ceiling that depends entirely on how many Ward cards your deck runs. Outside of dedicated Ward-matters builds, it's a vanilla 2/2 that belongs in bulk boxes, not 99-card lists.
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 |
Garenbrig Squire is a fringe card in every format it's legal in. In Commander, it needs a critical mass of Ward spells to do anything meaningful, and that density simply doesn't exist in most green decks — you'd be building around the synergy rather than slotting it in. In Pauper it competes with far more efficient two-drops that don't ask you to clear a tribal hurdle. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are non-starters; the power floor is nowhere near the threshold those formats demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Garenbrig Squire is firmly bulk — a price that accurately reflects its narrow application. Don't expect movement; cards this conditional rarely climb without a dedicated archetype to carry them.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.