Ghalma's Warden
Creature — Elephant Soldier
Metalcraft — This creature gets +2/+2 as long as you control three or more artifacts.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #29009
Ghalma's Warden is a 2/4 vigilance body that pumps all other artifact creatures you control for +0/+2 — a reasonable defensive package on a four-mana common. Outside of dedicated artifact-creature synergy decks, the static bonus is too narrow and the body too modest to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ghalma's Warden is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees meaningful play in almost none of them. In Commander it belongs strictly in artifact-creature-heavy builds — Breya, Etherium Shaper or Ovika, Enigma Goliath style shells — where the +0/+2 anthem generates real board width. In Pauper, where commons compete hardest, a four-mana 2/4 with a conditional static ability doesn't clear the bar when the format has more efficient defensive options. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at any price.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Ghalma's Warden is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. Bulk commons like this don't appreciate, so grab it from a dollar bin if the deck calls for it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.