Gearsmith Guardian
Artifact Creature — Construct
This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you control a blue creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #28487
Gearsmith Guardian is a 3/3 for five mana that costs one less for each artifact you control — playable in dedicated artifact decks, unplayable everywhere else. The cost reduction makes it theoretically free in artifact-dense shells, but a vanilla 3/3 body is rarely worth a card slot even at zero mana.
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 |
Gearsmith Guardian is a bulk common that sees no meaningful competitive play in any format. In Commander, artifact-matters decks like Breya, Etherium Shaper or Gonti, Aether Genius shells can theoretically cast it for one or two mana, but a 3/3 with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no keywords doesn't justify the inclusion over the dozens of artifact creatures that actually do something. In Pauper, the common legality is notable but irrelevant — the format's artifact synergy decks demand more from their five-drop slots. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have no shell where Gearsmith Guardian competes.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Gearsmith Guardian is pure bulk — the floor price for a card with no demand. Don't expect that to change; a vanilla 3/3 with conditional cost reduction has no spike potential.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.