Guard Gomazoa
Creature — Jellyfish
Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #9514
Guard Gomazoa is a hard blocker that stops any number of attackers cold — a 1/3 with defender that prevents all combat damage dealt to it, meaning it walls indefinitely without dying. The cost is real: zero offensive presence and zero evasion, so Guard Gomazoa earns its slot only in decks that specifically reward defenders or need a reliable stall piece, and Cynette, Jelly Drover is exactly that kind of deck.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cynette, Jelly Drover
Cynette, Jelly Drover cares about Jellyfish and creatures with defender, making Guard Gomazoa a natural fit that triggers her engine while providing a blocker that genuinely never dies in combat.
Arcades, the Strategist
Arcades, the Strategist turns every defender into an offensive threat, and Guard Gomazoa's indestructibility-in-combat means it swings in as a repeatable 1/3 beater that opponents can't trade into — an unusually safe attacker in an Arcades, the Strategist list.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Guard Gomazoa is a Commander card in practice — the multiplayer format rewards durable blockers that can stall multiple opponents, and its niche in Cynette, Jelly Drover and Arcades, the Strategist lists gives it a clear home. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but completely unplayed; those formats move too fast for a 1/3 defender with no immediate impact. Pauper, Pioneer, and Standard are all off the table. Commander is where Guard Gomazoa belongs, specifically in the narrow slice of decks built around defenders or Jellyfish tribal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Guard Gomazoa is firmly bulk — easy to acquire and unlikely to move unless Jellyfish or defender synergies get a major push in a future set. It's a safe pickup for the decks that want it, with essentially no financial risk.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Cynette, Jelly Drover
- Arcades, the Strategist
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.