Greenbelt Guardian
Creature — Elf Ranger
: Target creature gains trample until end of turn.
Exhaust — 
: Put three +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #16348
Greenbelt Guardian puts a sizeable reach blocker into play and immediately buffs every other creature you control — the effect is real, the body is real, and the five-mana cost is the only thing keeping it out of more decks. It's a solid role-player in go-wide green strategies, not a staple, but it earns its slot when you need both a defensive presence and a lord effect on the same card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Greenbelt Guardian fits cleanly into token and +1/+1 counter strategies where the anthem effect on entry compounds across a wide board — the reach is a genuine bonus in a format full of flying threats. Outside Commander, it doesn't clear the bar in any competitive 60-card format: Modern and Pioneer have more efficient five-drops at every angle, and Standard would need an unusually creature-dense environment to justify it over cheaper payoffs. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all. Greenbelt Guardian is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Greenbelt Guardian sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without thinking twice if the effect fits your deck. Bulk rares with narrow applications don't tend to move unless they find a breakout home, so treat it as a cheap role-player and nothing more.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.