Guardian Zendikon
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land is a 2/6 white Wall creature with defender. It's still a land.
When enchanted land dies, return that card to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #22341
Guardian Zendikon turns a land into a 4/4 vigilance creature — solid stats for one white mana, with the upside that the land returns to your hand if the creature dies. The catch is that the land taps for nothing while enchanted, so you're trading mana production for a blocker, which is a real cost in the early game.
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 |
In Commander, Guardian Zendikon is a niche include — it shows up in landfall decks that want to replay basics, since the bounce-to-hand trigger turns removal into a free landfall activation. Pauper is its most competitive home, where a 4/4 vigilance for one mana is genuinely above rate and the land recursion has real defensive value. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but functionally invisible — the competition for one-mana enchantments is too steep. Guardian Zendikon doesn't impact Pioneer or Standard.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Guardian Zendikon is deep bulk — buy a playset for less than a pack. Don't expect that to change; the card sees no competitive demand and supply is abundant.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.