Guardians of Meletis
Artifact Creature — Golem
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #16089
Guardians of Meletis is a 3/3 defender for three mana — a statline that trades competitive viability for pure budget filler. Decks that want a blocker at this cost have better options in almost every format.
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 |
Guardians of Meletis is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 3/3 defender does nothing to advance a game plan and dies to the same sweepers as everything else, contributing zero value beyond the turn it enters. Pauper is the one format where cheap, durable blockers occasionally matter in stall-heavy strategies, but even there the defender clause is a hard ceiling on usefulness. Everywhere else, this card doesn't make the cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Guardians of Meletis sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that ends up in a box, not a deck. That price won't move; there's no competitive demand pulling it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.